Courts Awards $1.9 Million Default Judgment to Photographer

On June 4, 2018, a judge in the Central District of California (Los Angeles) granted to Edgar Babayan a $1.9 million default judgment for copyright infringement of Babayan’s three photos. [Learn more about default judgment in my prior blog entry.] Woo hoo! According to his Complaint for Copyright Infringement, Babayon had taken “before and after” photos to show the effects of Babayon’s anti-aging face cream product. Thereafter, Babayon claimed that defendants Honest Creams LLC, a New York limited liability company, and its owner, Allen Yeganian, copied the photos onto defendants’ website to sell defendants’ anti-aging creams, as shown below: Babayan’s Photos at issue on Defendants’ Website Because the defendants never answered the complaint or defended the suit after being served, the court entered default. In his motion for default judgment, Babayon submitted declarations showing that more than 18,000 customers had…

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