Legal Opinion
Leviton Manufacturing Co. v. Universal Security Instruments, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 28, 2010No. 2009-1421PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1356MICHEL, Chief Judge.
DefendanL-Appellant Levitón Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“Levitón”) appeals the district court’s award of attorney fees and costs to Plaintiff-Appellee Shanghai Meihao, Inc. (“Meihao”) based on inequitable conduct and vexatious litigation. We vacate and remand for the reasons below.
I. Background
On October 22, 2003, Levitón filed U.S. Patent Application No. 10/690,776 (“Ger-main application”), which claims priority to a February 3, 2003 provisional application. Greenberg Traurig attorneys Paul Sutton, Barry Magidoff, and Claude Narcisse filed and prosecuted the Germain…
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