‘Its’ Stands in the Way of $1.5M Fee Recovery in Trademark Suit, 8th Circuit Says

“A prevailing party only gets ‘its’ attorney fees, but Robert did not have any. Hoffmann Brothers, which did not sign the settlement agreement, paid every cent for him,” Judge David R. Stras, who authored the opinion, said. “Without any fees of his own, he has nothing to recover.”

       

“A prevailing party only gets ‘its’ attorney fees, but Robert did not have any. Hoffmann Brothers, which did not sign the settlement agreement, paid every cent for him,” Judge David R. Stras, who authored the opinion, said. “Without any fees of his own, he has nothing to recover.”