Federal Judge Awards Attorney Fees In Copyright Litigation

(January 7, 2016, 11:10 AM EST) -- HOUSTON — Citing the “objectively unreasonable nature” of “some or all” of a plaintiff’s copyright infringement allegations, a Texas federal judge on Jan. 4 awarded a prevailing defendant $132,888 in attorney fees (Geophysical Services Incorporated v. TGS-Nopec Geophysical Services, No. 14-1368, S.D. Texas; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150)....