Client Alerts
Supreme Court Clarifies Award of Attorney’s Fees in Copyright Cases
June 2016
Client Alerts
Supreme Court Clarifies Award of Attorney’s Fees in Copyright Cases
June 2016
The Copyright Act provides that a district court, in its discretion, “may award a reasonable attorney’s fee to the prevailing party.” On June 16, in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, the Supreme Court of the United States clarified that courts “should give substantial weight to the objective reasonableness of the losing party’s position” but also take into account all other relevant factors.
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