Mealey's (June 11, 2021, 1:55 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Just over one year after it ruled in a case of first impression that district courts have discretion to award attorney fees in copyright abandonment declaratory judgment actions, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 8 awarded $72,865 in attorney fees in connection with the appellants’ successful appeal of a contrary holding by a California federal judge....