Friday, January 20, 2012

9th Circuit Sets Additional Standard for Contributory Infringement in Copyright and Trademark Claims

In the recent case of Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc., 658 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2011), the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a web-hosting company that owned and operated servers was liable for contributory copyright and trademark infringement when it failed to take steps to curtail alleged infringement committed by Chinese websites that used its servers.

http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=1e67d6a1-ea42-4f71-b39c-ca88ecf10a9e

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