While the lawyer representing a bakery sued for trademark infringement over a pretzel sandwich thought the lawsuit was half-baked, a federal judge ruled that it did not rise to the level of a fee sanction.

U.S. District Chief Judge Lawrence F. Stengel of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a motion for $450,000 in attorney fees from Barry L. Cohen of Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld in Conshohocken, who represents defendant Better Bakery.