Legal Opinion
Summit Technology, Inc. v. Nidek Co., Ltd
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 26, 2006No. 2005-1292PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
For the second time, we are asked to review the district court’s award of costs in this case. Because certain portions of the award were unsupported by evidence or were beyond the scope of statutorily allowed costs, we vacate certain portions of the award and direct that the award be reduced from $388,230.83 to $173,434.82.
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After prevailing on the merits of the underlying patent infringement suit, Nidek submitted its bill of costs for $465,875.63. Summit challenged various components of that bill of costs. In response to that challenge, Nidek agreed that $13,434.06 of…
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