United States First Circuit

In plaintiffs' suit alleging that defendants infringed a copyright on architectural plans created by the deceased, judgment of the district court is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in granting summary judgment for the defendants on the copyright claim; and 2) defendants' argument that the district court should have affirmatively exercised its inherent power to assess attorneys' fees and costs against the plaintiffs is rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2010
• Published 04/20/2010

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laura Beléndez-Ferrero, with whom Cristina Arenas-Solís and Ferraiuoli Torres Marchand & Rovira, PSC were on brief, for plaintiffs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Adaljisa Pérez Andreu, with whom Adaljisa Pérez Andreu Law Office PSC was on brief, for defendants Valcarce, Sotelo, and their conjugal partnership., Roberto O. Maldonado Nieves for defendants Figueroa-Marrero, his wife, and their conjugal partnership., Fernando Van Derdys, with whom Law Offices of F. Van Derdys was on brief, for remaining defendants.