LOS ANGELES — A California media company is suing an Arizona corporation, alleging copyright infringement.
BWP Media USA Inc. doing business as Pacific Coast News in Los Angeles County, filed a complaint July 24 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Vensoft Inc., alleging the defendant the used the plaintiff's photographs without permission.
According to the complaint, Pacific Coast News suffered damages from having its copyrighted photographs used without permission. The plaintiff alleges Vensoft copied and used the plaintiff's photographs on its website for public viewing.
Pacific Coast News seeks statutory damages of up to $150,000, actual damages, disgorgement, profits, injunction, all legal fees and all other relief the court deems just. They are represented by attorney Craig B. Sanders of Sanders Law, PLLC in Garden City, New York.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California case number 2:17-cv-05456-FMO-KS