Legal Opinion
Spanski Enterprises, Inc. v. Telewizja Polska, S.A.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 30, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2012-0957PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TANYA S. CHUTEAN, United States District Judge
I.INTRODUCTION
On December 2, 2016, after a trial, this court found that Defendant Telewizja Pols-ka S.A. (TVP) “volitionally and intentionally infringed” Plaintiff Spanski Enterprises Inc. (SEI)’s exclusive copyrights over 51 television episodes by making those episodes available for display in the United States. (Am. Mem. Op. at 20, EOF No. 80). On February 14, 2017, the court ordered TVP to pay damages to SEI in the amount of $60,000 per episode, for a total of $3,060,000. (Mem. Op., ECF No. 85). On February 24, 2017, SEI filed…
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