High Court Lets Google Recoup Fees From Patent Owner, Attorney

The US Supreme Court won’t review a patent owner plaintiff’s challenge over nearly $255,000 in attorneys’ fees sanctions awarded to Google LLC based partly on findings its lawsuit against the tech giant was filed without adequate investigation.

A federal judge in California granted Google’s fees twice—ordering EscapeX IP LLC pay $191,302 in 2023, and the following year ordering it and its counsel at Houston-based Ramey LLP pay an additional $63,525 for filing a motion challenging the earlier fee award that the judge said unreasonably multiplied the proceedings under 28 US Code § 1927. The US Court of Appeals for ...