| Headquarters | 4530 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, 5th Floor Washington, DC |
|---|---|
| Key people | Matthew Oppenheim Scott A. Zebrak |
| Date founded | 2011 |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | oandzlaw.com |
Oppenheim + Zebrak is a United States law firm specializing in copyright infringement and anti-piracy. The firm was founded in 2011 by Matt Oppenheim and Scott Zebrak and is based in Tenleytown, Washington, DC.
Notable cases
In Cengage v. Book Dog Books, Oppenheim + Zebrak represented publishers Cengage, McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson Education, and Wiley (as the "Educational Publishers Enforcement Group") against a reseller of textbooks. In an April 2018 verdict, a jury awarded the book publishers $34.2 million in damages for trademark and copyright infringement.[1][2]
In Sony v. Cox, Oppenheim + Zebrak represented music corporations Sony Music, Warner Records and Universal Music in a lawsuit against Internet service provider Cox Communications for "enabling its subscribers to copy more than 10,000 works over peer-to-peer networks like BitTorrent." In a $1 billion verdict, the jury awarded the multinational companies nearly $100,000 for each infringed work. In an opinion written by judge Liam O'Grady, the court denied Cox's motion for a new trial, finding the award "wasn't grossly excessive."[3]
In a June 2020 lawsuit against the non-profit Internet Archive, Oppenheim + Zebrak represented Hachette, Penguin Random House, John Wiley & Sons, and HarperCollins, all members of the Association of American Publishers.[4] The suit, filed in the Southern New York Federal District Court, alleges that the Open Library violated copyright when it established a National Emergency Library service during the COVID-19 pandemic when most libraries were closed to the public.[5][6]
References
- ^ Milliot, Jim (April 12, 2018). "Publishers Win $34 Million in Counterfeit Textbook Suit". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ^ McKenzie, Lindsay (April 9, 2018). "Publishers Win Big in Fake-Textbook Lawsuit | Inside Higher Ed". Inside Higher Ed.
- ^ Brittain, Blake (June 3, 2020). "Cox Can't Escape $1 Billion Copyright Verdict, Can Reduce Award". Bloomberg Law.
- ^ "Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive for Systematic Mass Scanning and Distribution of Literary Works". AAP. June 1, 2020.
- ^ Lee, Timothy B. (June 2, 2020). "Lawsuit over online book lending could bankrupt Internet Archive". Ars Technica. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ^ Brandom, Russell (June 1, 2020). "Publishers sue Internet Archive over Open Library ebook lending". The Verge. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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