Legal Opinion
Independent Living Aids, Inc. v. Maxi-Aids, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 28, 1998No. 95 CV 656(ADS)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
The facts underlying this ease are set forth in the Court’s earlier decisions and the trial transcript, and will not be repeated here. Presently before the Court is the renewed motion for attorneys’ fees by the plaintiffs, Marvin Sandler and Independent Living Aids (collectively the “plaintiffs” or “ILA”).
I. BACKGROUND
The plaintiffs previously moved for attorneys’ fees in the amount of $399,467.50, plus interest, as the prevailing party following a jury trial on their trademark (15 U.S.C. §§ 1117[a] and [b]), copyright (17 U.S.C. § 505)…
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