Opinion ID: 546986
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Warner's Contentions on Appeal

Text: 18 Warner contends that, as to all defaulting defendants in all three actions, the district court abused its discretion by awarding reduced statutory damages of $200 because reduced damages may be imposed only if the defendants establish innocent infringement, a burden they could not have met due to their failure to appear. It therefore seeks a modification of the default judgments to award statutory minimum damages of $500. As to the defendants who consented to injunctions in the flea market actions, Warner asserts that the district court abused its discretion by awarding no statutory damages. It therefore seeks the statutory minimum of $500 or at least $200 for innocent infringement. Finally, as to the defendants who proceeded to trial in the retail store action, Warner contends that the defendants who did not testify failed to meet their burden of establishing an innocent infringement as a matter of law, and that the defendants who testified offered insufficient evidence. It therefore seeks statutory damages in the amount of $500 against each non-defaulting defendant.