Attorney fees awards are becoming more common in patent cases. A federal district judge awarded more than $4.1 million in such fees in a patent infringement case under 35 U.S.C. § 285, which allows attorney fees “in exceptional cases. [ABA News Archives]
The decade-long legal fight over Google's effort to create a digital library of millions of books is finally over. The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge from the Authors Guild over their copyright battle with Google Books. [The Washington Post]
After filing an array of trademark infringement lawsuits over the past year against brands like Marc Jacobs, Forever 21, APL, and Skechers, adidas has named ECCO in an interesting new suit for allegedly infringing its three-stripe trademark. [The Fashion Law]