Legal Opinion
Lumen View Technology, LLC v. Findthebest.com, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 30, 2014No. 13 CIV. 3599(DLC)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
DENISE COTE, District Judge:
Findthebest.com, Inc. (“FTB”) moves for award of attorneys’ fees and other expenses from Lumen View Technology, LLC (“Lumen View”), on the ground that this case is exceptional under 35 U.S.C. § 285 (“Section 285”). This is a prototypical exceptional case. FTB’s motion is granted.
BACKGROUND
FTB is a corporation that operates a website which matches users with goods or services according to criteria that the users enter, at times using FTB’s proprietary “AssistMe” program. Lumen is a patent holding “Non Practicing Entity” that acquires patents and…
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