Opinion ID: 2997404
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Heading: Harassment Following Remand

Text: In the meantime, following our decision reversing the district court, the Foundation filed a motion for a permanent injunction and a motion to declare the case exceptional and for award of attorneys’ fees under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). In support of the latter motion, the Foundation argued that the onslaught of harassing communications from World Church members made the case exceptional in the way that we have previously described such cases under § 1117(a)— those involving “truly egregious, purposeful infringement, or other purposeful wrongdoing.” Badger Meter, Inc. v. Grinnell Corp., 13 F.3d 1145, 1159 (7th Cir. 1994). On August 28, 2002, almost immediately on the heels of the Foundation’s motion for attorneys’ fees, the World No. 03-4085 11 Church issued a “press release” on its website that again included phone numbers for the Foundation’s counsel and directing members to “call the Jews of Kirkland & Ellis, James Amend and Paul Steadman, and challenge them.” On November 19, 2002, the district court issued an order and injunction complying with our remand, but issued no ruling on the Foundation’s motion for attorneys’ fees. Shortly thereafter, on December 4, 2002, the World Church posted yet another press release on its website responding to the district court’s order and injunction. A sampling of the language contained in the press release follows: ! “A federal judge has no constitutional power to either rewrite our religion or order the destruction of our religious books” ! “I [Matt Hale] neither have the power nor the desire to change our religion to meet the dictates of a corrupt