Fresh off persuading U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman to throw out a $200 million patent infringement verdict, Gilead Sciences Inc. and Fish & Richardson are asking for $15.5 million in “exceptional case” fees.
If actually approved in full, it would nearly double the highest reported patent case fee award The Recorder could locate in an April survey of successful fee motions since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 Octane Fitness ruling, which eased the standard for fee-shifting in patent cases.
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