Quidel Corporation v. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
11 QUIDEL CORPORATION, Case No. 16-cv-3059-BAS-AGS 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR
ATTORNEY FEES AND
v. SANCTIONS
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS [ECF No. 132] USA, INC., et al.,
16 Defendants.
17 Defendants Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. move for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1117(a) and for sanctions against Plaintiff Quidel Corporation and its counsel pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11. (“Mot.,” ECF No. 132.) I. BACKGROUND An extensive background of this case can be found in the Court’s order on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. (See ECF No. 254.) II. LEGAL STANDARD A. 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a) The Lanham Act permits an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees in ‘exceptional’ [was] not defined in the statute, generally a trademark case [was] exceptional for purposes of an award of attorneys’…