Johnson v. Amazing Paint Party LLC

District Court, S.D. New York

Johnson v. Amazing Paint Party LLC

Trial Court Opinion

ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DATE FILED: 9/7/2 022 -------------------------------------------------------------- X ERIC JOHNSON, : : Plaintiff, : : 21-CV-3659 (VEC) -against- : : AMENDED ORDER STELLA AND BOBBIE LLC, : : Defendant. : -------------------------------------------------------------- X VALERIE CAPRONI, United States District Judge: WHEREAS on May 18, 2022, the Court issued an Order awarding Plaintiff default judgment and statutory damages, see Dkt. 72; WHEREAS the Court’s Order at docket entry 72 incorrectly referenced

28 U.S.C. § 1961

as the basis for calculating prejudgment interest; WHEREAS courts in the Second Circuit have awarded prejudgment interest at the post- judgment statutory rate, see, e.g., In Matter of Arb. Between P.M.I. Trading Ltd. v. Farstad Oil, Inc.,

2001 WL 38282

, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 16, 2001), and at the New York statutory rate of nine percent, see, e.g., Al Maya Trading Establishment v. Glob. Exp. Mkt. Co.,

2017 WL 1050123

, *5 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 17, 2017); and WHEREAS awarding the New York rate has been “common practice among the courts of this Circuit,” Seed Holdings, Inc. v. Jiffy Int’l AS,

5 F. Supp. 3d 565, 591

(S.D.N.Y. 2014) (citation omitted); IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff is awarded $105,000 in statutory damages ($100,000 for willful infringement of the Copyright Act, see

17 U.S.C. § 504

(c)(2), plus $2,500 for each violation of Section 1202, see

id.

§ 1203(c)(3)); prejudgment interest of nine percent (9%) on the statutory damages award to be calculated from the date of the filing of this action to May 18, 2022, the date of entry of judgment; and $8,094 in attorneys’ fees and costs. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to issue an Entry of Judgment reflecting this Order and to VACATE the Court’s Order at docket entry 72.

SO ORDERED. .

Date: September 7, 2022 VALERIE CAPRONI New York, NY United States District Judge

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