Publication Date: 2020-03-25
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Travel and Tourism
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal C. Belgam and Eve H. Ormerod, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stefan v. Stein and Cole Carson, GrayRobinson, P.A. Tampa, FL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Pilar G. Kraman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward A. Pennington, John P. Moy, John P. Pennington, and Darlene K. Tzou, Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.
Case Number: D68918
Motion for attorneys' fees pursuant to the "exceptional case" standard for patent infringement cases denied where plaintiff's patent, although directed to a non-inventive concept, was not indicative of an exceptionally meritless claim, and where plaintiff's litigation conduct was not conclusively indicative of vexatious litigation conduct.