9th Circuit Upholds Damages, Fee Award In BitTorrent ‘Swarm’ Cases

Mealey's (June 19, 2018, 12:17 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a June 18 ruling, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a Washington federal judge’s decision to award a single statutory damage award in each of five cases involving the same BitTorrent “swarm” upload of the film “London Has Fallen” (LHF Production Inc. v. Doe 1, et al., No. 17-35237, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 16360)....