A South Carolina jury's $770,750 verdict against Bright Builders marks the first time a web-hosting company has been found liable for contributory infringement without actual notice a customer's website lists fake products for sale. The ruling means once internet intermediaries know or should have known their customers are selling infringing goods, "they can't remain willfully blind."
March 17, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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A South Carolina jury’s recent $770,750 verdict against Bright Builders marks the first time a web-hosting company has been found liable for contributory infringement without actual notice that a customer’s website lists fake products for sale.
South Carolina District Judge Margaret Seymour’s March 14 judgment in Roger Cleveland Golf Company Inc. v. Prince followed the jury’s March 10 verdict.
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