[Ip-health] Ya gotta love it:Judge Make Lawyers Pay For Frivolous Patent Suit

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

FYI:

The Denver Post is reporting that the U.S. 10th Circuit
Court of Appeals has upheld the decision of a Federal judge who threw
out and reversed a jury decision in favor of a patent infringement
claim and ordered the plaintiff's lawyers to
http://www.denverpost.com/popular/ci_8354619 pay the defendants' court
costs.  U.S. District Senior Judge Richard P. Matsch sanctioned the
plaintiff's attorneys for 'cavalier and abusive' misconduct and for
having a 'what can I get away with?' attitude during a 13-day patent
infringement trial in Denver. With the Appeals Court in agreement,
could this case be the 'shot heard round the world' in the
revolution against patent trolls?

Regards,

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