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September 25, 2016

Intellectual Property: Copyright Infringement Fees/Costs To Winner Almost Equaled Compensatory Infringement Verdict

 

Prelitigation Destruction of Evidence May Have Pushed Case Over For Fee Recovery.

     U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks (D. Nev.) recently awarded Oracle USA Inc. $46.2 million in costs and attorney’s fees under a copyright fee-shifting statute in a case where Oracle won a $50 million jury verdict against Rimini Street Inc. He determined that fees were justified against the defendant especially in light of pre-litigation conduct in destroying evidence after allegedly having notice of suit.

Posted at 04:13 PM in Cases: Intellectual Property |

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