Legal Opinion
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 5, 2017No. 2016-1397PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is the second attorney fee appeal arising from a patent infringement suit brought by Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (“Checkpoint”) against AU-Tag Security S.A., AU-Tag Security Americas, Inc., Sensormatic Electronics Corp., and Kobe Properties SARL (collectively, “AU-Tag”). The district court deemed the case “exceptional” and awarded attorney fees to AU-Tag. 1 We conclude that the court erred in its application of fee-shifting principles; the award is reversed.
Background
U.S. Patent No. 4,876,555 (“the ’555 patent”) relates to improved anti-theft tags that are attached to…
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