United States First Circuit

Bad faith or fraud is not a necessary condition to an award of attorneys' fees under section 35 of the Lanham Act; willful conduct may be sufficient when the trial court takes into account all the facts and equities of the case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2002
• Published 03/07/2002

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• H. Joseph Hameline,Rosemary M. Allen, Geri L. Haight, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., and Michael B. Clapp on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher R. Benson, Marcy Hogan Greer, Susan J. Hightower, and Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. on brief for appellee.