Velasquez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSE MEZA VELASQUEZ, Case No. 18-cv-06184-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE FEES AND COSTS

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 77 2048 PARTNERS, LLC, et al., Defendants.

Defendants seek attorney’s fees and costs under the Copyright Act after the Court dismissed plaintiff’s claim alleging a violation of the Visual Artists Rights Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106A (“VARA”). Dkt. No. 77. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed. The request is denied. VARA is a section of the Copyright Act, and so the Court “in its discretion may allow the recovery of full costs by or against any party.” 17 U.S.C. § 505. “Full costs” include “a reasonable attorney’s fee to the prevailing party.” Id. In exercising its discretion, the Court may consider a non-exclusive list of factors such as “frivolousness, motivation, objective unreasonableness (both in the factual and in the legal components of the case) and the need in particular circumstances to advance considerations of compensation and…