Gabriel Techs. Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc.
In a non-precedential decision addressing a finding of
exceptional case under 35 U.S.C. § 285, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court's
award of more than $12 million in attorneys' fees , finding
that the plaintiff's claims were objectively baseless and
brought in subjective bad faith and that plaintiff was liable for
litigation misconduct. Gabriel Techs. Corp. v. Qualcomm
Inc., Case No. 13-1205 (Fed. Cir., Mar. 18, 2014) (per
curiam).
Gabriel Technologies filed a lawsuit for more than $1 billion
against Qualcomm and SnapTrack alleging 11 causes of action,
including claims for correction of inventorship and
misappropriation of trade secrets, among other contract and unfair
competition claims. At the heart of the dispute, Gabriel
alleged that Qualcomm had misappropriated and improperly patented
GPS technology licensed from Gabriel. The district court
dismissed several of Gabriel's 11
