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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

May 21, 2015

In rare opinion, 9th Circuit says winning copyright litigant should get attorney fees

An artist is entitled to receive attorney fees after prevailing in a copyright lawsuit against her publisher, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in a novel ruling.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An artist is entitled to receive attorney fees after prevailing in a copyright lawsuit
against her publisher, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in a novel
ruling.


The opinion favoring artist Victoria Ryan brought to the 9th Circuit an issue of first
impression on the federal Copyright Act of 1976.

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