Uniloc 2017 LLC et al v. Google LLC, No. 2:18-cv-00497 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 14, 2020)

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Before the Court are two Motions, both filed by Defendant Google LLC: the Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Expert Fees Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Section 285 and the Motion for Fees and Costs Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (collectively, the “Motions”). Dkt. Nos. 308, 309. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Uniloc 2017 LLC filed this action against Google , as well as a dozen others asserting different patents , in late 2018. In this case, Uniloc alleged that the video encoding techniques Google used in its video-delivery systems infringed various claims of U.S. Patent No.