**Note: The Supreme Court affirmed the Eleventh Circuit’s judgment on May 9, 2024. You can read our legal alert about that decision here. In Nealy v. Warner Chappell Music, Inc., 2023 WL 2230267 (11th Cir. Feb. 27, 2023), the Eleventh Circuit rejected the application of a three-year “lookback” period for the purposes of awarding damages…
Author: Jennifer Sandlin
Court Adopts a Double Scienter Requirement for Establishing Violations of Section 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
In Victor Elias Photography, LLC v. Ice Portal, Inc., 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 22472 (11th Cir. Aug. 12, 2022), the Eleventh Circuit adopted a “double scienter requirement” for copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). This standard requires a copyright owner to demonstrate that an alleged infringer had…
No Tiebreaker Necessary: Breaking with the Federal Circuit, Court Holds That Litigation Can Result in No “Prevailing Party” for Cost and Fee Shifting
In Royal Palm Properties, LLC v. Pink Palm Properties, LLC, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 18682 (11th Cir. July 7, 2022), the Eleventh Circuit held that there may be no prevailing party for the purposes of post-verdict cost and fee shifting. A unanimous appellate panel affirmed a district court’s denial of a litigant’s motion for costs…