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Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Apr. 21, 2021

Desire v. Manna Textiles: Assessing impacts on multiple-defendant copyright suits

Earlier this year, the 9th Circuit altered the statutory damages landscape in cases involving multiple defendants.

Blake Cunningham

Counsel
King & Spalding LLP

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Kenneth L. Steinthal

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King & Spalding LLP

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Earlier this year, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals altered the statutory damages landscape in cases involving multiple defendants. In Desire, LLC v. Manna Textiles, Inc., 2021 DJDAR 1147 (9th Cir. Feb. 2, 2021), the court held that a plaintiff could only receive a single statutory damages award where one upstream infringer was jointly and severally liabl...

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