Legal Opinion

García-Goyco v. Law Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided October 28, 2005No. 05-1027PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DYK, Circuit Judge.

Law Environmental Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Law Environmental-Caribe, Inc. (“LEC” or “appellee”), prevailed on summary judgment in an action for copyright infringement brought by Osvaldo Garcia-Goyco (“García-Goyco”) and Nadja Bagué, personally and on behalf of their conjugal partnership and Paso del Indio, Inc. (“PDI”) (collectively “appellants”). This judgment was not appealed. Subsequently, the district court awarded costs and attorney’s fees to LEC as a prevailing party under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 505. This appeal followed. We affirm the award of costs and…

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