Despite excoriating a former Collen IP attorney for actions that were “a substantial departure from appropriate conduct,” U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty of the Southern District of New York declined to impose sanction being sought by the defendants in a suit over alleged counterfeit watches.

Crotty said that the “substantial repercussions” to attorney Joshua Paul and Collen, his former firm, had been sufficient as to serve the court’s interests.