MacHinery Corporation of America v. Gullfiber Ab, Gullfiber International and Marvin Schneider

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• emphasizing that fee awards in patent cases should be limited to exceptional circumstances and require careful consideration of all relevant factors
• opining that the Court may assess fees under Section 285 against the agent of a disclosed principal, even if he is a non-party to the patent claims, when that agent is responsible for the predicate acts rendering the case exceptional
• opining that the Court may assess fees under § 285 against the agent of a disclosed principal, even if he is a non-party to the patent claims, when that agent is responsible for the predicate acts rendering the case exceptional
• “The gross negligence standard has been defined as requiring willful, wanton, or reckless misconduct, or evidence of ‘utter lack of all care.’”
• “The gross negligence standard has been defined as requiring willful, wanton, or reckless misconduct, or evidence of utter lack of all care” (internal citation omitted)
• “only after the prevailing party has established the exceptional nature of the case by clear and convincing evidence should the district court decide whether or not to make the award [of attorney fees].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).