A legal saga that began more than six years ago may have finally ended after a judge in Seattle concluded that Zillow must pay VHT Studios for copyright infringement.
Collabra will take an ownership stake in VHT, Inc., and VHT will assume ownership and management of the TourFactory platform for real estate photographers.
Rosemont, Ill. and Spokane, Wash. (PRWEB) December 02, 2021 VHT, Inc., the parent company of VHT Studios, and Collabra Technology, Inc. today announced the
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In a legal saga that began nearly six years ago over the fate of sold listing photos, real estate behemoth Zillow is headed back to court to resolve a copyright infringement suit filed by real estate photography company VHT Studios.
Judge James L. Robart of the U.S. District Court in Seattle has ordered a new trial in the case in order to decide whether Zillow’s infringement of 2,700 VHT images was innocent or not and what VHT’s award for statutory damages should be.
“We are disappointed that, after a favorable ruling last spring, the suit will be moving forward,” a Zillow spokesperson told Inman via email. “We continue to believe the underlying claims in the suit to be without merit and intend to vigorously defend ourselves in the upcoming trial.”