Fed. Circ. OKs Receiver For Patents After 'Baseless' Suit

By Kevin Penton ( November 9, 2016, 6:43 PM EST) -- The Federal Circuit on Wednesday upheld a California federal court's appointment of a receiver to collect up to seven patents after their inventor, representing himself, filed a "baseless" infringement suit against a precision instruments maker and then could not afford to pay $166,365 in attorneys' fees to the company. . . .

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