Panel Upholds Fee Award For Trade Dress, Trademark Defendant

Mealey's (October 8, 2019, 1:36 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge did not err in granting $518,817 in attorney fees to a vineyard accused of infringing the trade dress of Sazerac Co. Inc.’s “Buffalo Trace” bourbon, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 4 (Sazerac Company Inc. v. Fetzer Vineyards Inc., Nos. 17-16916, 17-17511, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 29728)....