After the textbook publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. sued him for copyright infringement, Supap Kirtsaeng won a seminal U.S. Supreme Court decision that cleared his name. Not content to quit there, Kirtsaeng’s lawyers argued that Wiley should pay more than $2 million in attorney fees and court costs, including a substantial amount to cover pro bono work by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Judge Donald Pogue of the U.S. Court of International Trade, sitting by designation in Manhattan U.S. District Court, forcefully denied that request Friday, holding that Wiley’s lawsuit “represented the legitimate attempt of a copyright holder to enforce its rights.”
