Justia U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion Summaries
Articles Posted in Intellectual Property
Latin Am. Music Co. v. Am. Soc’y of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
After successfully defending an appeal from a verdict that it had not infringed a song copyright, ASCAP obtained an award of about $62,000 in attorney fees. The First Circuit affirmed. The song copyright was timely registered and, in any case, failure to timely register would not bar an award of fees to a party successfully defending an infringement claim. ASCAP was a prevailing party under 17 U.S.C. 505 and the award was reasonable.