Federal Circuit Overturns Fee Award In Crowdsourcing Patent Case

Patent trolls know that it costs a lot of money to defend a patent case. The high cost of defensive litigation means that defendants are pressured to settle even if the patent is invalid. Fee awards can change this calculus and give defendants a chance to fight back against weak claims. A recent decision [PDF] from the Federal Circuit has overturned a fee award in a case involving an abstract software patent on crowdsourcing. This disappointing ruling may encourage other patent trolls to file meritless cases.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/10/federal-circuit-overturns-fee-award-crowdsourcing-patent-case