LUMEN VIEW TECHNOLOGY LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FINDTHEBEST.COM, INC., Defendant-Appellee, 811 F.3d 479

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HOLDINGS: [1]-In this patent infringement action, there was no abuse of discretion by the district court in finding the case to be exceptional under 35 U.S.C.S. § 285 and in deciding to award attorney fees where the allegations of infringement were ill-supported, particularly in light of the parties' communications and the proposed claim constructions, and thus the lawsuit appeared to have been baseless; [2]-The district court failed to provide a proper rationale to justify enhancing the attorney fee award by a multiplier of two.