August 17, 2024
On July 11, 2024, Southern District of Texas Judge Lee H.
Rosenthal ruled a case against
Volkswagen exceptional, holding plaintiff VDPP LLC and its counsel, Ramey LLP, jointly
and severally liable for reasonable attorney fees incurred in
defending it. This past week, the court quantified that award, shifting a total of
$207,543.60. In doing so, the court declined VDPP's invitation
to "allocate the fees between the frivolous and nonfrivolous
aspects of the case" because "[i]t was all
frivolous". Undeterred since that July 11 order, VDPP has
filed new complaints in various districts, one against each of
Casio, Dell, Digital
Projection, GeoVision (USA Vision
Systems), Giga-Byte Technology,
Hon Hai Precision Industry
(Belkin), Lenovo, Leyard
Optoelectronic (Planar Systems),
MediaTek, Pioneer
(Pioneer Electronics), Qualcomm,
Resideo Technologies, Roku,
Senao Networks (EnGenius
Technologies), STMicro, and
TP-Link.
