10Tales, Inc. v. TikTok, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 10TALES, INC., Case No. 21-cv-03868-VKD

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' v. MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES

TIKTOK INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 236 Defendants.

13 Defendants TikTok, Inc., TikTok Pte. Ltd., ByteDance Ltd., and ByteDance, Inc. (collectively “TikTok”) move pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927 for an award of their attorneys’ fees incurred in successfully defending against plaintiff 10Tales, Inc.’s (“10Tales”) patent infringement claim. Dkt. Nos. 236, 240. TikTok argues that 10Tales’ pursuit of this litigation justifies a fee award in the amount of $4,856,824.20 and that 10Tales’ counsel should be held jointly liable for TikTok’s fees. 10Tales opposes the motion. Dkt. No. 239. Upon consideration of the moving and responding papers, as well as the oral arguments presented, the Court denies TikTok’s fees motion. I. BACKGROUND In…