Credit: Cagkan/Adobe Stock Womble Bond Dickinson, McCarter & English Net a Quarter of Requested $4.78M Fees Following $14.7M False Advertising Win
The jury's split decision—finding for defendants as to trademark and fair use, for plaintiff as to UDTPA and the Lanham Act, and for one defendant but against another as to copyright—is a strong indicator that plaintiff's claims were not as 'inextricably interwoven' as they may seem," wrote U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr.
September 03, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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Fee Disputes
After earning a $14.7 million jury award for federal trademark infringement claims and North Carolina trade practices violations, a judge awarded the winning attorneys with Womble Bond Dickinson and McCarter & English only a quarter of the requested $4.78 million in fees.
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