JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.
The Lanham Act permits a prevailing party to recover attorney fees "in exceptional cases." 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether defendant's reliance on the advice of counsel removes his otherwise wilful conduct from § 1117(a) sanction. Under the circumstances of this case, we hold it does not because of the absence of any evidence establishing reasonable reliance. We therefore affirm the district...
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