Case: Patents/Sanctions (Fed. Cir.)

The Federal Circuit granted in part and denied in part Rakuten Kobo Inc.'s motion for sanctions in Pop Top Corp.'s action for infringement of its patent that relates to methods and systems for content providers and authors of web-based content to enable highlighter functionality on their web pages. The appeals court awarded Rakuten Kobo $107,748, for which Pop Top and its counsel are jointly and severally liable, because Pop Top’s appeal was frivolous entirely because of the baseless arguments advanced by counsel and because Pop Top doesn’t oppose joint and several liability.