Legal Opinion
OPA Amsterdam BV v. American Institute of Physics
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 12, 1997No. 93 CIV. 6656(LBS)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
On August 26, 1997, this Court granted judgment to defendants The American Institute of Physics and The American Physical Society and dismissed plaintiffs Gordon and Breach Publishers S.A., (“G & B”) Lanham Act suit. See OPA Amsterdam BV v. American Inst. of Physics, 973 F.Supp. 414 (S.D.N.Y.1997). Defendants have now moved for an award of attorneys’ fees in the amount of $1,186,403.75 and expenses in the amount of $187,752.67 asserting that this Lanham Act litigation is an “exceptional” case so that the Court “may award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the prevailing…
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