The Eight Nuances of Attorney’s Fees in a Copyright Case
The Daily Record (Baltimore, MD), April 2008
3 Pages Posted: 17 Jun 2010
Date Written: April 2008
Abstract
This short article reviews the various situations which affect the awarding (or not awarding) of attorney's fees in regard to cases involving copyright litigation. Various details will affect this, such as whether the work was registered with the Copyright Office before the case was filed, whether a party did in fact prevail, if a plaintiff voluntarily dismissed its copyright action, or whether a suit was frivolous or vexatious, among others.
Keywords: copyright litigation, attorney's fees, prevailing party, Copyright Office, court rules, intellectual property
JEL Classification: K19, K39, K41, K49
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