Pat Jordan v. Time, Incorporated, Pat Jordan v. Time, Incorporated

Appellant Pat Jordan filed a copyright infringement suit against appellee Time, Incorporated (“Time”) when Sports Illustrated reprinted an article authored by Jordan without prior consent. Time made two offers of judgment, Fed.R.Civ.P. 68, which Jordan rejected. After Time admitted liability, the district court conducted a jury trial solely on the issue of damages. The jury returned a verdict awarding Jordan actual damages, but rejecting Jordan’s claim for a portion of Time’s profits and his claim that the infringement was willful. Following the jury verdict, Jordan elected to pursue…