9th Circuit Transfers Fee Issue In Facebook Cybersquatting Trademark Suit

( September 5, 2025, 10:28 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO  — Without providing explanation, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted a motion filed by Instagram LLC and Facebook Inc., now known as Meta Platforms Inc., (collectively, Meta) to transfer consideration of attorney fees on appeal to a district court in Meta’s trademark infringement suit against multiple Chinese-based companies for their alleged cybersquatting by using domain names purportedly infringing on Meta’s trademarks....