HNB obtains $64.9 Million judgment and permanent injunction against major U.S. distributor of circumvention technologies imported from Korea.

On May 31, 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California issued an Order finding Sonicview receivers, i-Hub dongles, and A-1 modules violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as well as the Federal Communications Act. The Court’s Order granted motions for summary judgment filed by HNB and denied cross-motions for summary adjudication filed by the Sonicview corporate entity and various individual defendants and officers of the company. The Court found Sonicview and its individual officers jointly and severally liable for statutory damages in the amount of $64.9 Million dollars payable to HNB’s clients, and found Sonicview distributors Duane and Courtney Bernard jointly and severally liable for statutory damages in the amount of $984,800.00, and ruled that the damage award was non-dischargeable in Bernard’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding. The Court Ordered defendants to destroy all remaining inventory of Sonicview receivers, i-Hubs, and A-1 modules and entered a permanent injunction against all defendants to prevent future violations.
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