Case: Patents/Attorneys’ Fees (E.D. Tex.)

A federal district court in Texas granted SOTI Inc.'s motion to recover attorneys’ fees from WPEM LLC in its patent infringement action against SOTI. WPEM conducted no pre-filing investigation into the validity or enforceability of the patent at issue. And even the most cursory of such investigations would have revealed the grounds for invalidity and unenforceability that SOTI now asserts. WPEM has therefore unreasonably subjected SOTI to the costs of litigation and should properly bear its attorneys’ fees of $179,622.00. The case is WPEM, LLC v. SOTI Inc., 2020 BL 38024, E.D. Tex., No. 2:18-CV-00156-JRG, 2/4/20