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		athom on Aug 5, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Federal Circuit Slams Patent Troll 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?

rlpb on Aug 5, 2011 [–]

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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