Judge Affirms American Airlines’ $9 Million Copyright Verdict

A Texas federal judge upheld a $9.4 million jury award for American Airlines Inc. in its copyright lawsuit against airfare search engine Skiplagged Inc.

Judge Mark T. Pittman granted American Airlines’ motion to enter the jury’s $23.7 million award but declined to toss the jury’s finding that American failed to mitigate $14.3 million in damages. Pittman affirmed the jury’s decision to cut the award to $9.4 million, according to an opinion issued Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Pittman in August ruled Skiplagged infringed American Airlines’ copyrighted booking content to mislead customers into thinking ...