Can the winning party ask the losing party to bear the legal costs?

Legal analysis: Attorney's fees are usually paid by the client. In some cases, for example, the parties to the contract have agreed on the subject matter of attorney fees in the contract, or in some intellectual property cases such as trademark rights and patent rights, the plaintiff requires the defendant to bear the attorney fees arising from investigating and stopping the infringement, and the court may decide that the attorney fees shall be borne by the losing party.

Legal basis: Article 29 of the Measures for Payment of Litigation Fees shall be borne by the losing party unless the winning party voluntarily bears it. If the case is partially won or partially lost, the people's court shall decide the amount of litigation costs borne by the parties according to the specific circumstances of the case. * * * If the parties lose the case, the people's court shall decide the amount of litigation expenses to be borne by each party according to the interest relationship between the parties and the litigation object. The reasonable expenses paid to stop the infringement as stipulated in Article 48, paragraph 1, of the Copyright Law include the reasonable expenses for the obligee or entrusted agent to investigate and collect the evidence of infringement. The people's court may, according to the litigant's claims and specific cases, calculate the lawyer's fees that meet the requirements of the relevant state departments within the scope of compensation.