Civil Litigation,
Law Practice,
Intellectual Property
Apr. 4, 2019
Unanimous jury awards usenet provider Giganews $1.2 million
Wednesday's ruling was less than the $6.6 million it asked for in the case that accusing an adult magazine and its CEO of defrauded them out of $5.6 million attorney fee award after losing a copyright-infringement case.
LOS ANGELES -- A unanimous eight-person jury awarded usenet provider Giganews $1.2 million, Wednesday, far less than the $6.6 million it asked for in the case accusing an adult magazine and its CEO of defrauded them of a $5.6 million attorney fee award after losing a copyright-infringement lawsuit.
The jury awarded the online platform $454,000 in actual damages and $746,000 in punitive damages after less than a day of deliberation...
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