A federal magistrate judge in Manhattan has recommended that a consortium of textbook publishers be awarded nearly $27.7 million in damages in a copyright and trademark infringement case against multiple defendants who defaulted by not participating in the litigation. The defendants were accused of selling counterfeit textbooks on Amazon, significantly impacting the publishers’ revenues.
In the ruling, the judge highlighted the substantial evidence of counterfeit sales and the non-participation of the defendants, which led to a default judgment in favor of the publishers. Legal professionals might be interested in the implications of such cases on intellectual property law and e-commerce platforms. Detailed information is available in the original Law360 article.