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/PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, a class action complaint was filed in D.C. Superior Court against Walmart Inc. alleging that by advertising and offering goods...

In a copyright case with evidence of actual copying, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia nevertheless dismissed copyright infringement claims on summary judgment...

The Court reasoned that it would have been inappropriate to use the original statutory damages award without reconsideration because it was unclear whether the jury would have reached the same award absent a finding of willfulness.

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Statutory and punitive damages In China, the amount of damages awarded by a peoples court to compensate the prejudice caused by the infringement of an IP right is calculated according to a method which is the same in all of the IP laws (ie, the Trademark Law, the Patent Law, the Anti-unfair Competition Law, the New Plant Varieties Law and the Copyright Law). Plaintiffs must prove the amount of prejudice by applying this calculation method. They may: base such a calculation on: their losses; the...

Apr. 28—A Toledo Correctional Institution inmate will be awarded $1,000 in damages after a majority of Ohio Supreme Court justices ruled Tuesday a prison spokesman failed to identify and provide requested public records. Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor and two other justices dissented in the 4-3 decision, stating the prison spokesman followed state public records laws. On April 21, 2020, inmate ...

Court upholds $1bn copyright ruling against ISP Cox 18-01-2021 09-06-2016 Internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications’ attempt to reduce a $1 billion award of damages for copyright infringement has failed, in a win for music companies including Sony, Universal, and Warner. The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, upheld the award of damages in a decision dated Tuesday, January 12. A Cox spokesperson called the lawsuit a "travesty" and the ruling ...