VHT, Inc. v. Zillow Group, Inc. et al
| VHT, Inc. |
| Zillow Group, Inc. and Zillow, Inc. |
| 2:2015cv01096 |
| July 8, 2015 |
| U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington |
| Seattle Office |
| XX US, Outside District |
| James L. Robart |
| Copyrights |
| 17 U.S.C. ยง 101 |
| Plaintiff |
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387
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: The court CONCLUDES that Zillow's infringement of 388 of VHT's images before July 10, 2014 was innocent, and that its infringement of 2,312 of VHT's images after July 10, 2014 was not innocen t. The court AWARDS VHT $200 in statutory damages for each innocently infringed image and $800 in statutory damages for the remaining images, for a total statutory damages award of $1,927,200. The court AWARDS VHT post-judgment inter est on the full amount of the damages award, running from the date of the 2017 judgment through the date of payment. The court will enter an amended final judgment for these amounts plus the $3,867.64 in damages awarded in the 2017 trial that were not disturbed on appeal. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (MW)
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351
ORDER ON FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AFTER REMAND: The court DENIES Zillow's motion for judgment as a matter of law that VHT's registrations are invalid; DENIES Zillow's request to certify a locutory appeal of the court's May 8, 2020 or der; and ORDERS that this matter be set for a new trial limited to the remaining 2,700 images on the questions of (1) whether Zillows infringement of the images was innocent and (2) statutory damages. The court ORDERS the parties to file, by no l ater than ten days from the filing date of this order, a joint statement regarding their readiness for trial and any objections to the court setting this matter for a four-day virtual trial on an available date in the court's schedule in July or August 2021. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (LH)
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349
ORDER re parties' 348 Stipulated Motion for Extension of Deadline for Joint Statement re 347 Order on Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and Cross Motion. The Court extends the current deadline one week, from, Friday, May 22, 2020, to next Friday, May 29, 2020. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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347
ORDER denying Defendant Zillow Group, Inc., and Zillow, Inc.'s 339 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; granting VHT, Inc.'s 343 Cross-Motion for partial summary judgment. The court further ORDERS the parties to submit a joint statement and proposed amended judgment as specified in Section III.D of this order. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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328
STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT pending resolution of appeal. The Zillow defendants are not required to post a supersedeas bond at this time. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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321
ORDER denying VHT prejudgment interest on the statutory damages-eligible images and directing the Clerk to enter judgment pursuant to the parties' proposal; adopting Zillow's proposed language regarding prejudgment interest. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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317
MINUTE ORDER by Judge James L. Robart. The court has received the parties' statement regarding case status and subsequent proceedings. (Stmt. (Dkt. # 316 ).) In light of the representations therein, the court STRIKES the June 30, 2017, status conference and ORDERS the parties to instead submit a proposed judgment for the court's consideration no later than Friday, July 7, 2017. If the parties cannot agree on language for a proposed judgment, they may each submit proposed judgments and brief statements in support of their respective submissions. (AD)
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315
ORDER granting in part and denying in part Defendant Zillow's 301 Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial; denying Plaintiff's 300 Motion to Amend Judgment; Status Conference set for 6/30/2017 at 10:00 AM befo re Judge James L. Robart. The parties are directed to meet and confer regarding this order and the status of the case. Parties to jointly file a statement by 6/28/2017, at 12:00 p.m. indicating the matters one or both parties intend to raise at the status conference. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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312
ORDER granting 311 Stipulated Motion to extend dft Zillow's deadline to 4/28/17 to file surreply by Judge James L. Robart.(RS)
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306
ORDER granting 305 Stipulated Motion to Extend the Deadline to Reply to Post-Verdict Motions. The parties may file reply post-trial briefs not to exceed fifteen (15) pages no later than April 17, 2017. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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ORDER granting parties' 297 Stipulated Motion re Procedure for Post-Verdict Motions. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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284
ORDER directing parties to meet and confer and submit a joint statement of parties' positions by 2/21/17. If parties disagree they must file opening briefs by 2/24/17 and responses by 3/1/17 by Judge James L. Robart. (RS)
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249
MINUTE ORDER directing parties to submit amended proposed verdict forms by 1/30/2017, at 12:00 p.m. Authorized by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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PRETRIAL ORDER by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)
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ORDER by Judge James L. Robart denying Plaintiff VHT's 212 Motion for reconsideration; granting in part and denying in part Plaintiff VHT's renewed 215 Motion for partial summary judgment; denying without prejudice Defendant Zillow's 219 Motion to exclude evidence of the operations of the HDPs. (PM)
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