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Three-judge Federal Circuit panel vacates notable attorneys' fee award that Senior U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch had entered against lawyers from McDermott, Will & Emery in the Medtronic v. BrainLAB case:

Three-judge Federal Circuit panel vacates notable attorneys' fee award that Senior U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch had entered against lawyers from McDermott, Will & Emery in the Medtronic v. BrainLAB case: You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.

Judge Matsch's imposition of sanctions, which the Federal Circuit has now set aside, received much press coverage. The Denver Post reported that "Judge makes lawyers pay for frivolity; With the verdict overturned, two attorneys must pay the others' fees." The Recorder, via law.com, reported that "Federal Judge Blasts Top IP Litigators; Ruling comes in patent fight between medical device companies Medtronic and BrainLAB." And WSJ.com's "Law Blog" had a post titled "Judge Matsch Drops the Gavel on McDermott Lawyers," which linked to the trial court's sanctions ruling.

In an earlier ruling on the merits of the case, the Federal Circuit upheld Judge Matsch's decision setting aside the jury's verdict in favor of Medtronic and granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of BrainLAB.

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).