Copyright Infringement Case Settled for More than $1 Million

by Janette Spencer-Davis, Legal Editor, CCH Copyright Law Reports   

A test preparation company has paid the council that administers the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) $1 million to settle a copyright infringement and breach of contract case. The council filed a suit on September 4, 2009, alleging that the company used actual LSAT test questions without paying for the right to do so.

The company stated that it was never opposed to paying for the right to use the authentic questions, but that it did not want to pay the considerable licensing fees if its competitors and other third parties were not paying them. Pursuant to the agreement reached on September 16, the company has paid the full $1,047,490 it owed under a previous license and signed a new license with the council. The company will also pay the council's attorney fees up to $150,000 (The Law School Admissions Council Inc. v. Robin Singh Educational Services Inc. d.b.a. TestMasters, EDPa, 2:09-cv-04050-JF).

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