Godfread Law Firm - Intellectual Property and Business Law » counterfeit http://www.godfreadlaw.com A Minneapolis-St. Paul law firm practicing trademark, copyright, technology and business law. Wed, 04 May 2011 17:40:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 ISP ordered to pay $32 million for contributing to trademark infringement http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2009/isp-ordered-to-pay-32-million-for-contributing-to-trademark-infringement http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2009/isp-ordered-to-pay-32-million-for-contributing-to-trademark-infringement#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:51:37 +0000 Paul http://www.godfreadlaw.com/?p=62 This is an interesting story especially because the amount of damages awarded are so high. The ISP was a host to a number of sites that were selling counterfeit fashion goods like Louis Vuitton handbags. The ISP had claimed an exemption under the DMCA, however the court correctly concluded that that only applied to copyright not to trademark infringement. Something for any ISP or hosting service to keep in mind.

Here is the link.

Hat tip to @EvansIPLaw for posting a link to this article on Twitter.

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