CAFC upholds sanctions against NJ patent attorney
A story on law.com on Nov. 18 begins:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court's order that patent lawyer Jean-Marc Zimmerman and patent holding company Eon-Net pay $631,135.18 in sanctions and fees. In the lower court case, the trial judge found "indicia of extortion" in patent lawsuits filed by Zimmerman.
A Nov. 16 order in Eon-Net L.P. v. Flagstar Bancorp denied Eon-Net and Zimmerman's motion to stay a monetary judgment against them issued by the lower court on May 17.
Jean-Marc Zimmerman is a patent attorney [reg. no. 36978] based in Westfield, NJ.
See Zimmerman v. Flagstar.
See prior story Lack of Pre-Filing Investigation Results in Harsh Lesson For Eon-Net
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a lower court's order that patent lawyer Jean-Marc Zimmerman and patent holding company Eon-Net pay $631,135.18 in sanctions and fees. In the lower court case, the trial judge found "indicia of extortion" in patent lawsuits filed by Zimmerman.
A Nov. 16 order in Eon-Net L.P. v. Flagstar Bancorp denied Eon-Net and Zimmerman's motion to stay a monetary judgment against them issued by the lower court on May 17.
Jean-Marc Zimmerman is a patent attorney [reg. no. 36978] based in Westfield, NJ.
See Zimmerman v. Flagstar.
See prior story Lack of Pre-Filing Investigation Results in Harsh Lesson For Eon-Net
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