$3M Fee Award In Copyright Case Vacated By 2nd Circuit

Mealey's (February 6, 2020, 11:43 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — In a Feb. 4 ruling, a panel of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that a copyright owner’s infringement claim was not objectively unreasonable and that a New York federal judge abused his discretion in awarding more than $3 million in attorney fees in the case (Universal Instruments Corp. v. Micro Systems Engineering Inc., et al., No. 18-2022, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3329)....