Global Equity Management (SA) Pty. Ltd. v. Alibaba.com, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE GLOBAL EQUITY MANAGEMENT (SA) PTY. LTD. No. C 17-02177 WHA 9 No. C 17-02178 WHA No. C 17-02435 WHA
ORDER DENYING ATTORNEY’S FEES
12 INTRODUCTION In this fees motion, defendants, victorious on the merits of this patent case, overreach for attorney’s fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285, 28 U.S.C. § 1927, and the district court’s inherent authority. For the following reasons, the motion for attorney’s fees is DENIED. STATEMENT Between October 2015 and January 2017 patent owner Global Equity Management (SA) Party Ltd., and its original counsel, Ramey & Schwaller, LLP and Laminack, Pirtle & Martines, LLP, filed three waves of cases in the Eastern District of Texas. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne combined several of these cases, including our three, into two consolidated cases (Dkt. No. 10).* Yet success did not materialize. By December, Judge Payne’s claim construction…