Legal Opinion

Global Equity Management (SA) Pty. Ltd. v. Alibaba.com, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided August 15, 2020No. 3:17-cv-02177Unknown

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 8 IN RE GLOBAL EQUITY MANAGEMENT (SA) PTY. LTD. No. C 17-02177 WHA 9 No. C 17-02178 WHA 10 No. C 17-02435 WHA 11 ORDER DENYING ATTORNEY’S FEES 12 13 INTRODUCTION 14 In this fees motion, defendants, victorious on the merits of this patent case, overreach for 15 attorney’s fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285, 28 U.S.C. § 1927, and the district court’s inherent 16 authority. For the following reasons, the motion for attorney’s fees is DENIED. 17 STATEMENT 18 Between October 2015 and January 2017 patent owner Global Equity…

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