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REFAC INTERN., INC. v. IBM CORP.

Civ. A. No. 85-2020.

710 F.Supp. 569 (1989)

REFAC INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff, v. IBM CORPORATION; et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Laughlin, Judson A. Parsons, Jr., Laughlin, Markensohn, Lagani & Pegg, P.C., Morristown, N.J., and Philip Sperber, President Refac Intern. Ltd., New York City, for plaintiff.

Alan J. Hruska, Edward Hayum, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, and Edward A. Zunz, Jr., Peter McDonough, Riker, Danzig, Scherer & Hyland, Morristown, N.J., for IBM Corp.

D. Peter Hochberg, D. Peter Hochberg Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, and Roy H. Wepner, Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, Westfield, N.J., for Diebold, Inc.

Harold E. Meier, Gardere & Wynne, Dallas, Tex., and John B. Lavecchia, Richard D. Cantanacci, Liza M. Walsh, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Roseland, N.J., for Olivetti U.S.A., Inc. (Docutel).

Charles W. Bradley, Steven D. Glazer, Lawrence B. Goodwin, Davis Hoxie Faithfull & Hapgood, New York City, and John B. Lavecchia, Richard D. Cantanacci, Liza M. Walsh, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Roseland, N.J., for NCR Corp. and Unisys Corp.

Jonathan A. Marshall, Frank E. Morris, Maria McCormack, Pennie & Edmonds, New York City, and Edward Dauber, Greenberg, Dauber & Epstein, Newark, N.J., for Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.

POLITAN, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on defendants IBM, Diebold, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Unysis, NCR and Olivetti's motion for attorneys fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285. Section 285 of the Patent Laws provides that: "The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party." The instant motion has been bifurcated into two parts. First, the Court will rule upon the entitlement to fees. If that motion...

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