Who is driving the cost of process? (Or "maybe the recession's worse than we should!")

Home > articles > who the driving of the costs of the process? (Or "maybe the recession's worse than we should!")Posted on 12. February 2010 of Philip Mann

As to the quota-fee lawyers and alleged "patent trolls" to start, my colleagues and I blamed for many of the ills plaguing society.? It is, we are not the get paid unless we are successful--who file profit-slight cases prolong litigation, wasting resources and cause innocent defendants pay their lawyers up by two million dollars on average to defend themselves.? It is a strange we sleep at night.

These ideas brought an admittedly complacent butter my face as I received recent decision of Federal Circuit confirms Distriktsdomstolens denial of fees in case we handled that never should have gone for as long as it did.

Now, in fairness, we lost the case on the merits, District held the patent invalid and we took our lumps, which we knew we perhaps when we went.? No complaints there.

Not satisfied with their victory, our opponents are moved for fees.? No complaint as it is, again, their right to ask.

What I find funny is that our opponents have selected reject our early offer for a "walk away" settlement, chose to file a desperate appeal of Distriktsdomstolens denial of fees and--most amusingly--3000 miles each way to deliver a vain 15 minute oral argument against an opponent who was even there.? (We will be the wastrels, we were elected to waive oral argument and rest on our map.)

So there you have it.? A cost-based company will happily spend thousands of dollars of its client money to travel 3,000 miles to argue against an empty chair, but is it the guys who run contingent fee up the costs of the proceedings.

Yeah, someone should really do something about us.

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