Neft v. Vidmark, Inc.

923 F.2d 746 59 USLW 2525 , 1991 Copr.L.Dec. P 26,677 , 17 U.S.P.Q.2d 1575 Herb NEFT; D.R.H., Inc., a corporation; Karl James Associates, Inc., a corporation; Karl James Productions, Inc., a corporation; Gary Gray, Plaintiffs, and Pelletier, Supancic & Gill; Franklin Pelletier; Ronald Supancic; Keith C. Gill, Appellants, v. VIDMARK, INC., a corporation; Baker & Taylor Video, a corporation; Mark Amin; Barry Barnholtz, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-55287. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 1, 1990. Decided Jan. 17, 1991. Keith C. Gill, Woodland Hills, Cal., for appellants. Edward A. Ruttenberg, Leopold, Petrich & Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BOOCHEVER, BEEZER and TROTT, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal of an assessment against "plaintiffs and their counsel, jointly and severally," of costs and attorney's fees under copyright statute 17 U.S.C. Sec. 505 . We reverse the award and remand for reconsideration of defendants' motion for costs and fees. 2 Plaintiffs brought a copyright infringement…