Whether a plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of its infringement claims weighs in favor of or against granting a defendant's fee motion under §505 of the Copyright Act

is: Whether a plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of its infringement claims weighs in favor of granting a defendant’s fee motion, or weighs against it, under the analysis required by §505 of the Copyright Act and the goals and purposes of encouraging defendants to stand on their rights and present meritorious defenses instead of paying nuisance settlements. 1 This question is also presented in Property Matters USA, LLC v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. , No. 24 -688.