Washington § 63.60.060 - Infringement of right — Superior courts — Injunctions — Liability for damages and profits — Civil penalty — Impoundment — Destruction — Attorneys' fees.

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§ 63.60.060. Infringement of right — Superior courts — Injunctions — Liability for damages and profits — Civil penalty — Impoundment — Destruction — Attorneys' fees.

(1) The superior courts of this state may grant injunctions on reasonable terms to prevent or restrain the unauthorized use of the rights in a living or deceased individual's or personality's name, voice, signature, photograph, forged digital likeness, or likeness.
(2) Any person who infringes the rights under this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of $3,000 and liable for the actual damages sustained as a result of the infringement, and any profits that are attributable to the infringement and not taken into account when calculating actual damages. If the infringement is of a living or deceased individual's or personality's forged digital likeness, the infringing party shall also be liable for the noneconomic damages sustained as a result of the infringement whether or not the infringement resulted in any profit. To prove profits under this section, the injured party or parties must submit proof of gross revenues attributable to the infringement, and the infringing party is required to prove his or her deductible expenses. For the purposes of computing statutory damages, use of a name, voice, signature, photograph, forged digital likeness, and/or likeness in or related to one work constitutes a single act of infringement regardless of the number of copies made or the number of times the name, voice, signature, photograph, forged digital likeness, or likeness is displayed.
(3) At any time while an action under this chapter is pending, the court may order the impounding, on reasonable terms, of all materials or any part thereof claimed to have been made or used in violation of the injured party's rights, and the court may enjoin the use of all plates, molds, matrices, masters, tapes, film negatives, or other articles by means of which such materials may be reproduced.
(4) As part of a final judgment or decree, the court may order the destruction or other reasonable disposition of all materials found to have been made or used in violation of the injured party's rights, and of all plates, molds, matrices, masters, tapes, film negatives, or other articles by means of which such materials may be reproduced.
(5) The prevailing party may recover reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses, and court costs incurred in recovering any remedy or defending any claim brought under this section.
(6) The remedies provided for in this section are cumulative and are in addition to any others provided for by law.
[ 2026 c 69 s 4; 1998 c 274 s 6.]

Source: official Washington text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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