Nike, Inc. will have to pay $4.99 million to cover attorneys’ fees and expenses that Lontex Corp. incurred in litigating to trial in an infringement case over Lontex’s “cool compression” trademark.
According to the order entered Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge Michael M. Baylson awarded Lontex about $4.62 million in attorneys’ fees and $369,263 in expenses, reported Bloomberg Law.
The jury awarded $507,000 in damages for Nike’s contributory infringement of Lontex’s “cool compression” trademark on athletic wear. Baylson later increased that amount to $791,000.
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