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The Federal Circuit passed on Pure Hemp’s ask for attorney fees and sanctions in United Cannabis, Corp. v. Pure Hemp Collective Inc. , No. 22-1363 (Fed. Cir. May 8, 2023) . Agreeing with the district court, the appellate panel found Pure Hemp’s exceptionality arguments lacking (even referring to Pure Hemp’s appeal as “extremely weak”) and affirmed the district court’s denial of Pure Hemp’s motion for attorney fees.
Almost five years ago in 2018, UCANN filed suit against Pure Hemp in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,730,911 . The ΚΌ911 patent relates to the extraction of pharmaceutically active components and, more specifically, botanical drug substances (BDS), including cannabinoids obtained by extraction from cannabis. The case was stayed in April 2020 when UCANN filed for bankruptcy. Once the bankruptcy petition was dismissed, UCANN and Pure Hemp entered