Xerox Awarded Some Attorneys’ Fees in Patent Infringement Suit

Midwest Athletics and Sports Alliance LLC will pay Xerox Corp. for some of its attorneys’ fees from litigating Midwest’s long-running patent infringement suit, a federal judge ordered.

Midwest’s “objectively unreasonable and improper litigation tactics” at the summary judgment stage warrant the organization to pay Xerox’s attorneys’ fees tied to Midwest’s wrongdoing, Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford of the US District Court for the Western District of New York wrote in an opinion filed Friday. Wolford also said awarding attorneys’ fees is sufficient to address Midwest’s misconduct and denied Xerox’s request for expert fees.

Midwest mischaracterized its infringement contentions, ignored the local ...