Legal Opinion
Mostly Memories, Inc. v. for Your Ease Only, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 27, 2008No. 06-3560PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Mostly Memories, Inc. (“Mostly Memories”) sued For Your Ease Only, Inc. (“For Your Ease”) and its owners alleging copyright infringement and various state-law claims. After the district court dismissed the entire case with prejudice, the defendants moved for an award of attorney’s fees on several grounds: the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 505; the Illinois Trade Secrets Act (“ITSA”), 765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 1065/5 (2004); the vexatious litigation statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1927;' and the court’s inherent power. Although the suit had been dismissed on Mostly Memories’ own motion…
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