I'm sorry, I thought I did answer your question. The competitor added a watermark of their company name to my image and posted it on their website. And in addition to that, I just noticed that they (falsely) added their name as the author and copyright holder in the image metadata properties...
Just to be clear: my images had no CMI; they were then copied and posted on a competitor's website with the competitor's company name added to the images as a watermark
I asked the question about watermarks because I've consulted two IP attorneys, and they gave opposite answers. One said adding a watermark to an image is certainly altering CMI; the other said it absolutely is not.
I settled with a copyright infringer, a medium sized company, for $15K. Now a year later, I have again caught them using my same registered copyrighted image to sell a competing product, and it was very likely ongoing ever since the settlement. What is a reasonable settlement this time for a...