Can I ask the defendant to pay the lawyer's fee?

Legal analysis: you can ask the defendant to pay the lawyer's fee. If it constitutes infringement, you can ask the defendant to pay the lawyer's fee. The defendant may be required to bear the lawyer's fees and legal fees in the following cases:

1, legal aid case;

2. Cases of copyright infringement;

3. Trademark infringement cases;

4. Patent infringement cases;

5. Cases of unfair competition;

6. Litigation cases in which creditors exercise their right of cancellation in contract disputes;

7. Security right litigation cases;

8. Consumer civil public interest litigation cases;

9. Commercial arbitration cases;

10, the parties clearly agreed in the contract that the lawyer's fee shall be borne by the losing party.

Legal basis: Article 17 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Trademark Civil Disputes The reasonable expenses paid for stopping the infringement as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 63 of the Trademark Law include the reasonable expenses paid by the obligee or entrusted agent to investigate and collect evidence of infringement.

The people's court may, according to the claims of the parties and the specific circumstances of the case, calculate the lawyer's fees that meet the requirements of the relevant state departments within the scope of compensation.