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Re:Federal Circuit Slams Patent Troll by athom on Friday August 05, 2011 @03:27AM (#2849293)
Wait a minute. You said the defendant had to put up half a million dollars? And the district court awarded the defendant $489,150.48? Half a million is $500,000. Unless I've picked out the wrong numbers, the award looks pretty close to the costs.

Can you clarify?

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Re:Federal Circuit Slams Patent Troll by rlpb on Friday August 05, 2011 @03:43AM (#2849321)
I assumed that the award for costs ($489,150.48) is at least what the defendant's actual costs actually were. Was this a mistake?
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