Legal Opinion
Mid-State Aftermarket Body Parts, Inc. v. MQYP, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided June 21, 2005No. 4:03CV00733 JLHPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HOLMES, District Judge.
The Court has previously entered summary judgment in favor of Mid-State Aftermarket Body Parts, Inc. (“Mid-State”) v. MQVP, Inc., f/k/a Global Validators, Inc. (“MQVP”) on Mid-State’s complaint and on MQYP’s amended counterclaim. 1 As the prevailing party, Mid-State has now filed a petition for attorneys’ fees pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117, Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(d)(2), and Local R. 54.1(b) (Docket # 107).
The Lanham Act gives the Court discretion to award reasonable attorneys’ fees to a prevailing party in “exceptional cases.” 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a); Hartman v. Hallmark…
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