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· 3/6/1997

Fasa Corporation and Virtual World Entertainment v. Playmates Toys, Inc.

Citations

  • 108 F.3d 140
  • 41 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 2015
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 4006
  • 1997 WL 97179

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the word “costs” is a term of art that does not normally encompass attorney’s fees
  • holding that the word \costs\ is a term of art that does not normally encompass attorney’s fees
  • noting that Fogerty represents “a turn away from a mode of analysis that distinguishes between prevailing plaintiffs and prevailing defendants”
  • refusing to \read between the lines\ of the judge’s award of attorney’s fees and vacating award and remanding case to district court so that it could elucidate the standard it was applying

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Judges: Bauer, Diane, Flaum, Wood

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