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12 April 2016

Context Is Everything: Evaluating Different Approaches Toward Attorneys' Fees

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This article looks at relevant data for attorneys' fees awards in copyright law and provides a comparison and contrast to the attorneys' fees award standards and considerations in patent and trademark law.
United States Intellectual Property

The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to address the circuit splits regarding the appropriate standard for awarding attorneys' fees to prevailing parties in copyright cases.

This article looks at relevant data for attorneys' fees awards in copyright law and provides a comparison and contrast to the attorneys' fees award standards and considerations in patent and trademark law.

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Originally published by BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, April 8, 2016

The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.

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