DRAGON INTELLECTUAL PROP. v. DISH NETWORK LLC
stipulated to noninfringement as to the products accused
of infringing claims of the ’444 patent. On April 27, 2016,
the district court entered judgment of noninfringement in
favor of all defendants, including DISH and SXM, based on
the district court’s claim construction order and the parties’
stipulation. See, e.g., Dragon Intellectual Prop., LLC v.
DISH Network LLC, No. 1:13-cv-02066-RGA (D. Del. Apr.
27, 2016), ECF No. 117; Dragon Intellectual Prop., LLC v.
Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 1:13-cv-02067-RGA (D. Del. Apr.
27, 2016), ECF No. 130. On June 15, 2016, in the parallel
inter partes review, the Board issued a final written deci-
sion holding unpatentable all asserted claims. See Dish
Network L.L.C. v. Dragon Intellectual Prop., LLC, No.
IPR2015-00499, 2016 WL 3268756 (PTAB June 15, 2016).
In August 2016, DISH and SXM moved for attorneys’
fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and 28 U.S.C. § 1927. Before
the motions were resolved, Dragon appealed both the dis-
trict court’s judgment of noninfringement and the Board’s
final written decision. On November 1, 2017, we affirmed
the Board’s decision and dismissed the parallel district
court appeal as moot. See Dragon Intellectual Prop., LLC
v. Dish Network LLC, 711 F. App’x 993, 998 (Fed. Cir.
2017); Dragon Intellectual Prop., LLC v. Apple Inc., 700 F.
App’x 1005, 1006 (Fed. Cir. 2017). On remand, Dragon
moved to vacate the district court’s judgment of nonin-
fringement and to dismiss the case as moot. On September
27, 2018, the district court vacated the judgment of nonin-
fringement as moot but retained jurisdiction to resolve Ap-
pellants’ fees motions. Dragon Intellectual Prop., LLC v.
Apple, Inc., No. 1:13-cv-02058-RGA, 2018 WL 4658208, at
*2–3 (D. Del. Sept. 27, 2018).
On November 7, 2018, the district court denied the
DISH and SXM motions for attorneys’ fees. Dragon Intel-
lectual Prop., LLC v. DISH Network, LLC, No. 1:13-cv-
02066-RGA, 2018 WL 5818533, at *1–2 (D. Del. Nov. 7,
2018). The district court agreed that DISH and SXM
“achieve[d] a victory” over Dragon but held that neither
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