Furbo Denied Attorneys’ Fees After Prevailing in Patent Suit

The maker of the popular Furbo pet-monitoring and treat-delivery system won’t get $1.5 million in attorneys’ fees after fending off a patent infringement lawsuit.

Tomofun LLC had made the case that a lawsuit from patent owner Doggyphone LLC “was weak at its inception; grew weaker throughout this litigation; and ultimately failed on summary judgment,” according to an order issued Tuesday by Judge Barbara J. Rothstein of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Rothstein characterized Tomofun’s arguments as “an overstatement.”

Tomofun prevailed in the case in February when Rothstein ruled that the Furbo doesn’t infringe Doggyphone’s US ...