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OCTANE FITNESS v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS

No. 12-1184.

134 S.Ct. 1749 (2014)

188 L.Ed.2d 816

OCTANE FITNESS, LLC, Petitioner v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph A. Telscher, Jr. , St. Louis, MO, for Petitioner.

Roman Martinez , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, DC, for the Respondent.

Rudolph A. Telscher, Jr. , Counsel of Record, Kara R. Fussner , Steven E. Holtshouser , Daisy Manning , Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC, St. Louis, MO, for Petitioner.

Carter G. Phillips , Ryan C. Morris , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Constantine L. Trela, Jr. , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Larry R. Laycock , David R. Wright , Jared J. Braithwaite , Maschoff Brennan , Laycock Gilmore , Israelsen & Wright, Salt Lake City, UT, for Respondent.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.*

Section 285 of the Patent Act authorizes a district court to award attorney's fees in patent litigation. It provides, in its entirety, that "[t]he court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party." 35 U.S.C. § 285. In Brooks Furniture Mfg., Inc. v. Dutailier Int'l, Inc., 393 F.3d 1378 (2005), the United...

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