Legal Opinion
Screenlife Establishment v. Tower Video, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 24, 1994No. 92 CIV. 5010 (SS)PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 505 (1977), defendants, Tower Video Inc. and M.T.S. Incorporated, d/b/a Tower Video (collectively, “Tower Video”), move for the costs and attorneys’ fees they incurred in defending this copyright infringement action tried before me on December 6, 1993. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 68, defendants alternatively move for the costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by them subsequent to their Offer of Judgment dated March 29, 1993. For the reasons discussed below, Tower Video’s motion for costs and fees is granted.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The…
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