IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com,

430 F.3d 1377, U.S. Ct. of Appeals, Fed. Cir.,

2005: Court agreed with Amazon that Plaintiff’s patent claims were invalid and there was no infringement. 

430 F.3d 1377

IPXL HOLDINGS, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

AMAZON.COM, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

No. 05-1009.

No. 05-1487.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

November 21, 2005.

 

Issue:

  • Was the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s patent infringement claim and award of attorneys fees and costs to Amazon proper?

 

Procedural background:

  • Plaintiff sued Amazon alleging it’s 1-click-system, wherein it stores customers info for one click purchasing, infringed several claims of Plaintiff’s patent.
  • The district court found that Amazon’s system did not infringe the patent and that all relevant claims were invalid.
  • The district court also found the case was “exceptional,” and awarded Amazon attorney fees and costs amounting to $1,674,645.82 plus interest.

 

Plaintiff’s argument:

  • District court erred with regard to claim construction and its judgment of non-infringement is therefore incorrect.

 

Amazon’s argument:

  • No error in the district court’s claim construction and that both the decisions on non-infringement and invalidity are correct.
  • Also argues that its motion for attorney fees was timely and that, in any case, it was within the district court’s discretion to allow the motion.

 

Conclusion:

  • Court affirmed dismissal of case, however, because Amazon did not timely file its motion for attorney fees, the Court reversed the award of attorney fees and costs to Amazon.
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