3rd Circuit: No Fees Due In Trade Dress Dispute Over Whiteboards

(August 26, 2024, 12:35 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 23 upheld a Pennsylvania federal judge’s denial of attorney fees to the defendant company in a trade dress dispute between two school material manufacturers, agreeing that the case did not reach the level of exceptionality required by the Lanham Act for attorney fees to be recoverable....