May 29: Webcast - Octane Fitness and Highmark: The Supreme Court’s New Standard for Finding a Patent Infringement Case “Exceptional”

On April 29, in two cases, Octane Fitness LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. and Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court issued opinions that significantly alter the Federal Circuit’s rigid standards for establishing and appealing an exceptional case and a related award for attorneys’ fees. The Court’s decisions arguably both ease the requirements necessary for the grant of attorneys’ fees and make it more difficult to challenge a district court’s decision on appeal. As such, the two decisions immediately impact litigation strategies for both pending and contemplated patent infringement cases.
During the webinar, we will discuss the following:

• A review of exceptional case and attorney fee-shifting precedent
• The Octane Fitness and Highmark opinions and holdings
• The effects of the decisions—who is potentially impacted and how

Title: 
Octane Fitness and Highmark: The Supreme Court’s New Standard for Finding a Patent Infringement Case “Exceptional”
When/Where: 
May 29, 2014
9:00 am PDT / 10:00 am MDT / 11:00 am CDT / 12:00 noon EDT.
Live webcast; registration required.
Speaker: 
Fitch Even partner Jared E. Hedman
Presented by: 
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
Credit: 
1 hr CLE CA/IL/NE; Other states may also reward credit upon attendee request.
Cost: 
Free. Registration required.
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