context: Having dismissed Plaintiffs' complaint, the district court acted within its discretion in granting Defendants' application for attorneys' fees. The district court properly concluded that Plaintiffs' claims were objectively unreasonable, "as the profound dissimilarity between their works and Heroes was indeed 'obvious.' " Given this conclusion, the district court did not abuse its discretion granting Defendants' application for attorneys' fees.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 240 F.3d 116, 121
citation_a.parenthetical: "Subsequent to FogeHy, several other circuits have accorded the objective reasonableness factor substantial weight in determinations whether to award attorneys' fees"
citation_a.sentence: See Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc., 510 U.S. 517, 534 n. 19, 114 S.Ct. 1023, 127 L.Ed.2d 455 (1994) (approving of the district court’s consideration of a party’s “objective unreasonableness” when exercising discretion in award-' ing attorneys’ fees under the Copyright Act); see also Matthew Bender & Co. v. West Publ'g Co., 240 F.3d 116, 121 (2d Cir.2001) (“Subsequent to FogeHy, several other circuits have accorded the objective reasonableness factor substantial weight in determinations whether to award attorneys’ fees”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: approving of the district court's consideration of a party's "objective unreasonableness" when exercising discretion in award-' ing attorneys' fees under the Copyright Act
citation_b.sentence: See Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc., 510 U.S. 517, 534 n. 19, 114 S.Ct. 1023, 127 L.Ed.2d 455 (1994) (approving of the district court’s consideration of a party’s “objective unreasonableness” when exercising discretion in award-' ing attorneys’ fees under the Copyright Act); see also Matthew Bender & Co. v. West Publ'g Co., 240 F.3d 116, 121 (2d Cir.2001) (“Subsequent to FogeHy, several other circuits have accorded the objective reasonableness factor substantial weight in determinations whether to award attorneys’ fees”).