MEMORANDUM & ORDER Plaintiff Godinger Silver Art Ltd. (“Godinger”) commenced the above-captioned action on September 22, 2023, against Defendant Amazon Storefront HODSOF US (“Amazon”), and on October 17, 2023, filed an Amended Complaint asserting a claim of copyright infringement pursuant to the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §101 et seq. (“Copyright Act”), based on Defendant’s sale of crystalware products that Plaintiff alleges contain a design that is identical or substantially similar to a design for which Plaintiff holds two copyrights. (Compl., Docket Entry No. 1; Am. Compl., Docket Entry No. 7.) On February 20, 2024, the Clerk of Court noticed a default against Defendant, (Clerk’s Entry of Default, Docket Entry No. 15), and on March 1, 2024, Plaintiff moved for default judgment, seeking a permanent injunction, statutory damages in the amount of $150,000, and attorneys’ fees and costs, (Pl.’s Mot. for Default J. (“Pl.’s Mot.”), Docket Entry No. 17; Pl.’s Mem. in Supp. of Pl.’s Mot. (“Pl.’s Mem.”), Docket Entry No. 17-1). For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment. I. Background Plaintiff is a company that specializes in producing and selling, among other things, handcrafted crystal items, some of which Plaintiff offers for sale on Amazon.com and with other retailers and distributors.1 (Am. Compl.
11, 20.) One of Plaintiff’s design patterns for crystalware products (the “Godinger Design”) is a sculptural work that incorporates material depicting floral and frosted elements etched on to various of Plaintiff’s crystalware items. (Id. 12.) Plaintiff alleges the Godinger Design was used for two products that are the subject of Copyright Registration Numbers VA0001389466 (the “’466 Registration”), dated November 27, 2006, and VA0001436491 (the “’491 Registration”), dated January 29, 2016 (together “the Copyrights”), of which Plaintiff is the owner. (Id.
