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Doug Kline

Is the chair of Goodwin‘s IP Litigation Group. A senior partner of the firm, Mr. Kline has more than 20 years of experience representing technology and life science companies involved in intellectual property litigation and other high stakes cases. His practice focuses on patent litigation. He has served as lead trial counsel in intellectual property cases throughout the United States and he has tried numerous cases to verdicts. In addition, he has represented clients in reexamination proceedings, both ex parte and inter partes, and argued before the Patent and Trademark Trial and Appeal Boards.

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Recent Articles by Doug Kline

Working Out with Octane Fitness: Four Years Later

On February 2, 2018, in Sophos Inc. v. RPost Holding, Inc., Judge Denise Casper became the latest judge to declare a case “exceptional” under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and award the declaratory judgment plaintiff, Sophos, the opportunity to recover its attorneys’ fees.  The court’s decision in Sophos comes as the four year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Octane Fitness v. ICON Health & Fitness rapidly approaches.  After Octane Fitness, many predicted a large uptick in the number of fee-shifting motions filed and their success rate in patent cases.  This article explores the fallout from Octane Fitness after four years on the books and any trends that have emerged in the courts.