Smart Team Global LLC v. Humbletech LLC
- Alison Nathan
- 1:19-cv-04873-AJN-BCM
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Smart Team Global LLC v. Humbletech LLC, Judge Nathan granted in part default judgment, awarding damages and an injunction against Defendants.
Smart Team Global LLC received a judgment for damages and an injunction. The Defendants, and anyone acting in concert with them, were barred from using the identified software source code and were held jointly and severally liable for the ordered damages.
What happened
In Smart Team Global LLC v. Humbletech LLC, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation on Smart Team Global LLC’s request for default judgment against the Defendants. No party objected before the deadline passed.
The court found no clear error in the recommendation and adopted it in full. It ordered judgment against the Defendants, jointly and separately, for $166,170.66 in actual damages and $100,000 in exemplary damages.
Judge Alison J. Nathan granted in part the motion for default judgment and permanently barred the Defendants and those acting together with them from accessing, copying, downloading, or otherwise using the source code for Smart Team Global’s Matteroom KM software. The court also required Smart Team Global to submit its request for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs within 30 days after judgment was entered.
The detailed version
- Smart Team Global LLC v. Humbletech LLC · No. 1:19-cv-04873-AJN-BCM
- Alison Nathan
- Mar. 22, 2022
Background
On November 8, 2021, the court referred Smart Team Global LLC’s motion for default judgment against the Defendants to Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses. On February 18, 2022, Judge Moses issued a Report and Recommendation advising that the motion be granted in part.
No objections were filed before the objection deadline. The court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake after reviewing the record. The court found no clear error and adopted the Report and Recommendation in its entirety.
Ruling
The court granted in part Smart Team Global LLC’s motion for default judgment. It ordered judgment in favor of Smart Team Global LLC and against the Defendants, jointly and severally, for $166,170.66 in actual damages and $100,000 in exemplary damages.
The court also permanently enjoined and restrained both Defendants, along with anyone acting in concert with them, from accessing, copying, duplicating, downloading, replicating, transmitting, or otherwise using the source code for Smart Team Global’s Matteroom KM software.
Smart Team Global LLC was ordered to submit its application for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs within 30 days after entry of judgment. The order resolved docket number 60, directed the Clerk to enter judgment, and closed the case.
Classification
This is a procedural order because the judgment resulted from the Defendants’ default rather than an adversarial decision testing the underlying claims on their merits.
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