Nintendo initially asked for over $15 million in copyright and trademark infringement damages, TorrentFreak reported.
Among others, Nintendo initially demanded $90,000 for each copyrighted work offered on RomUniverse (of which there were 49) and $400,000 for each of the 29 trademarks. The court lowered these to $35,000 per work and granted $400,000 for all the trademarks. The Court Grants Plaintiff s Motion for Summary Judgment as to Plaintiff s copyright infringement, unfair competition and Lanham Act claims, and awards Plaintiff $1,715,000 in statutory damages under the Copyright Act and $400,000 in statutory damages under the Lanham Act for a total of $2,115,000 in statutory damages, US District Court Judge Consuelo Marshall wrote.
Netflix Beats Libel Claims from Panama Papers Law Firm
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Netflix s The Laundromat
A judge gives the streamer a First Amendment win with the conclusion that The Laundromat doesn t defame Mossack Fonseca.
Netflix has scored a First Amendment victory against a law firm that advises the rich and powerful throughout the world. On Wednesday, a California federal judge granted the streamer s motion to strike libels claims made by the law firm of Mossack Fonseca over
The Laundromat.
Mossack Fonseca is the Panama City firm that had millions of its client documents exposed back in 2016. The so-called Panama Papers shed light on international off-shore tax maneuvering, and many investigative journalists followed with exposes. That includes Jake Bernstein, who authored
Lompoc prison officials release 44 inmates to home confinement; more than 120 deemed eligible santamariatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from santamariatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
More than two dozen inmates and staff at the Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past month, according to Bureau of Prisons data released Thursday.Â
The cases include 25 inmates and three staff at the medium-security U.S. Penitentiary who were reported to be infected with the coronavirus, as noted on the agency s website, which tracks active cases.Â
Lompoc prison officials notified Santa Barbara County health officials about the outbreak on Dec. 8 and promptly instituted testing and infection control measures, according to Paige Batson, deputy director for the county Public Health Department.
The outbreak comes more than six months after a surge in coronavirus cases infected more than 900 inmates and staff at the Federal Correctional Institution earlier in the year. Four Lompoc inmates have died from the disease.Â