LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC CO. v. ASCAP

No. 10-1780.

642 F.3d 87 (2011)

LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC COMPANY d/b/a, Asociación De Compositores y Editores De Música Latino Americana (ACEMLA); Asociación De Compositores y Editores De Música Latino Americana, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS (ASCAP), Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mauricio Hernandez Arroyo , and the Law Offices of Mauricio Hernandez Arroyo, on brief for appellants.

Richard H. Reimer , Diego A. Ramos , Fiddler Gonzáles & Rodriguez, PSC, Stephen S. Young , and Holland & Knight LLP, on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

In this copyright case, plaintiff Latin American Music Company ("LAMCO") appeals from orders awarding attorneys' fees incurred below in favor of prevailing defendant American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ("ASCAP"). We readily affirm.

I. BACKGROUND1

We begin by briefly setting the stage. After successfully defending on appeal a jury verdict finding that it had not infringed...

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