Super Express USA Publishing Corp., et al v. Spring Publishing Corp., et al
| Presspublica SP. Z O.O., Repropol-Polish Association of Publishers and Super Express USA Publishing Corp. |
| Andrzej Czuj, Janusz Czuj and Spring Publishing Corp. |
| 1:2013cv02814 |
| May 10, 2013 |
| US District Court for the Eastern District of New York |
| Brooklyn Office |
| Dora Lizette Irizarry |
| James Orenstein |
| Copyright |
| 17 U.S.C. ยง 101 Copyright Infringement |
| Plaintiff |
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ORDER granting 54 Motion for Default Judgment; denying 75 Motion for Damages; adopting in part Report and Recommendations as to 88 Report and Recommendations -- On February 23, 2018, the Hon. James Orenstein, U.S.M.J., issued a Report and Re commendations ("R & R") on Plaintiffs' motions for default judgment against defendant Spring Publishing Corp. ("Spring") and for damages against all defendants. Defendants timely objected and Plaintiffs did not respond to De fendants' objections. Upon due consideration and review, for the reasons discussed in the ATTACHED WRITTEN MEMORANDUM AND ORDER, Defendants' objections to the R&R are overruled in part and sustained in part, and the remainder of the R& R is adopted and modified as follows: Defendants' objection with respect to the magistrate judge's recommendation that Plaintiffs had not shown exclusive copyright is overruled; Defendants' objection with respect to the magistrate jud ge's recommendation that the Court award statutory damages is sustained; and Defendants' objection to the magistrate judge's determination that hypothetical licensing fees provide some approximation of actual damages is overruled in li ght of the recommendation that the Court not award actual damages, which recommendation this Court adopts. The R&R is adopted in all other respects and modified to the extent that no statutory damages are awarded to Plaintiffs. In sum, Plaintiffs w ill not be awarded damages. However, Plaintiffs are entitled to injunctive relief. As such, they are to submit for the Court's approval and endorsement a Permanent Injunction on or before April 30, 2018. Closure of this case is held in abeyance pending this Court's endorsement of the Permanent Injunction. SO ORDERED by Chief Judge Dora Lizette Irizarry on 3/30/2018. (Irizarry, Dora)
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ORDER denying 85 Motion for Sanctions. For the reasons set forth in the attached document, I deny the plaintiffs' motion for sanctions. Ordered by Magistrate Judge James Orenstein on 2/23/2018. (Orenstein, James)
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ORDER granting in part and denying in part 65 Motion for Summary Judgment -- For the reasons set forth in the ATTACHED WRITTEN OPINION AND ORDER, Plaintiff Repropol is dismissed from this case for lack of standing to proceed. In addition, Plaint iffs' motion for summary judgment is granted as to their copyright infringement claim and otherwise is denied. The parties are directed to contact U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein's chambers within two weeks of the date of this Opinio n and Order to schedule a settlement conference. If settlement discussions are unsuccessful, within fourteen (14) days of the final settlement conference, Plaintiffs shall file their motion for damages, which must include at least the following: (i ) a chart, listing each instance of alleged copyright infringement; (ii) the exact amount of damages Plaintiffs seek; and (iii) case law supporting Plaintiffs' damages request. The chart shall be accompanied by: (a) a declaration or declaratio ns authenticating Plaintiffs ownership over each work and providing the legal and factual basis for the ownership claim; and (b) copies of, or the internet location of, each of Plaintiffs' works, and copies of, or the internet location of, the c orresponding infringing articles from Polska Gazeta. Within thirty (30) days of the final settlement conference, if settlement is unsuccessful, the parties must submit for the district judge's approval their Joint Pretrial Order. The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate Plaintiff Repropol on the caption in this case. SO ORDERED by Chief Judge Dora Lizette Irizarry on 3/24/2017. (Irizarry, Dora)
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