United States Seventh Circuit
FM Indus., Inc. v. Citicorp Credit Serv., Inc., 08-3154
In a suit for copyright infringement, related to a computer software designed to help lawyers to collect debts and lenders to monitor how its lawyers are doing, judgment of the district court is affirmed for the most part where: 1) the district judge properly dismissed the complaint for lack of prosecution; 2) judgment ordering plaintiff to pay defendants' legal fees under 28 U.S.C. section 1927 for vexatiously multiplying the proceedings was proper; but 3) district judge's award of fees against a copyright specialist who assisted defendant's counsel is reversed, as personal responsibility is essential to an award of sanctions under section 1927.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/03/2009
- Decided 07/22/2010
- Published 07/22/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit