Legal Opinion
Lucas v. Wild Dunes Real Estate, Inc.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided August 21, 2000No. 2:99-2489-18PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
NORTON, District Judge.
This matter comes before the court on Plaintiff and Defendant’s Motion for Costs. For the reasons set forth below, both motions are granted.
I. BACKGROUND
This was a case about copyright infringement and servicemark infringement regarding a photograph taken by Plaintiff. Plaintiff claimed that Defendant used his copyrighted photograph depicting a golf club, tee, and a golf ball with the “Wild Dunes” logo depicted on it, in Defendant’s real estate advertising campaign. Defendant denied liability to Plaintiff, claiming that the Plaintiff gave his express authorization…
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