It depends.
1, legal aid cases:
Travel expenses, printing expenses, transportation and communication expenses, investigation and evidence collection expenses and other necessary handling expenses required by legal aid personnel to handle legal aid cases. If the claim includes the donee, the court may award it to the losing party who is not the donee according to the specific circumstances. Therefore, when handling legal aid cases, lawyers suggest that the lawyer's fee should be included in the litigation request, requiring the defendant to bear it.
Copyright infringement cases: According to the provisions of Article 26 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues in the Trial of Copyright Civil Disputes, "the reasonable expenses paid for stopping the infringement as stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 48 of the Copyright Law include the reasonable expenses paid by the obligee or entrusted agent for investigating and collecting evidence on the infringement. The people's court may, according to the litigation request of the parties and the specific case, calculate the lawyer's fees that meet the requirements of the relevant state departments within the scope of compensation. "
Trademark infringement cases: Article 17 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Trademark Civil Disputes clearly stipulates: "The reasonable expenses paid to stop the infringement as stipulated in Article 56, paragraph 1 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. "
Patent infringement cases: The people's court can calculate the reasonable expenses paid by the obligee to investigate and stop the infringement within the scope of compensation according to the request of the obligee and the specific case.
If a business operator violates the provisions of this law and causes damage to the infringed business operator, he shall be liable for damages. If it is difficult to calculate the loss of the infringed operator, the amount of compensation shall be the profit obtained by the infringer during the infringement period; And bear the reasonable expenses paid by the infringed business operator for investigating the unfair competition behavior of the business operator that infringes on its legitimate rights and interests.
To sum up, the attorney fee is generally paid by the applicant, but whether the losing party can pay it depends on the specific situation. Therefore, you can consult more before handling it, or you can consult with lawyers as much as possible to better safeguard your own interests and rights.