Ninth Circuit Backs $8,000 Jury Verdict in Charts Copyright Case

The creator of two strategic problem-solving charts failed to win a chance to expand on an $8,000 copyright infringement award or add attorneys’ fees in the case’s second trip to the Ninth Circuit.

Dr. Mary Lippitt and her company Enterprise Management Ltd. didn’t show a lower court abused its discretion in declining to award fees, according to the opinion filed Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The appeals court also rejected her argument that the judge erred in blocking mention of a case she previously won or a requested jury instruction in the case against ...