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Article: U.S. District Court, Md.: Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. Shanghai Meihao Electric, Inc.
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2009
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Intellectual Property
Attorneys' fees
BOTTOM LINE: District court adopted magistrate's recommendation
for award of attorney's fees to defendant, despite plaintiff's
voluntary dismissal of suit, where there was substantial evidence of
plaintiff counsel's intent to deceive.
CASE: Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. Shanghai Meihao
Electric, Inc., USDMD No. 05-889 (filed May 12, 2009) (Judge Davis).
FACTS: The longtime counsel of Leviton Manufacturing Company,
Inc., Claude Narcisse, Esq., drafted and prosecuted U.S. Patent No.
6,864,766 (766 Patent), claiming a ground fault circuit interrupter
(GFCI). Previously, Narcisse had prepared and prosecuted Leviton's
Germaine application, which ...