Two new copyright suits were lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by LHF Productions, Inc. LHF holds copyrights to the action flick London Has Fallen, featuring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman and Aaron Eckhart in an assassination plot caper. This follows many other LHF suits recently filed in other jurisdictions. As reported before, LHF is an affiliate of Nu Image / Millennium Films, which hold interests in films that have been the subject of prior enforcement actions, including Automata, The Humbling, The Expendables, Charlie Countryman and Bad Lieutenant.
The new lawsuits allege copyright infringement by 27 separate “Doe” parties through their use of BitTorrent file-sharing software. The plaintiff is out for statutory damages pursuant to the Copyright Act, attorney’s fees and costs, and an injunction against further infringement.
Like many other similar lawsuits filed in the Western District, these complaints were signed by attorney David A. Lowe of Lowe Graham Jones PLLC. A case listing with links to the complaints is below.
UPDATE (5/14/16): Two additional LHF Productions actions against 33 additional Does were filed in the Western District in recent weeks.
UPDATE (7/7/16): Five more LHF Productions cases against 77 additional Does were filed in the Western District in recent weeks.
UPDATE (8/10/16): Three more LHF Productions cases against 47 additional Does were filed in the Western District in recent weeks.
UPDATE (10/9/16): Two more LHF Productions cases against 31 additional Does were filed in the Western District in recent weeks.
UPDATE (11/1/16): Two more LHF Productions case against 26 additional Does were filed in the Western District in recent weeks.
UPDATE (3/12/17): After a hiatus of several months, LHF Productions resumed filing of BitTorrent lawsuits in the Western District.
UPDATE (8/10/17): LHF Productions filed one additional suit.
Parties and subscribers receiving ISP notices of these actions can contact attorney Benjamin Justus for a free consultation regarding possible options.
Case No. 2:16-cv-00551
LHF Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-17
Filed: 04/15/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-00552
LHF Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-10
Filed: 04/15/20160
Filed: 4/29/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-00621
LHF Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-16
Filed: 04/29/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-00623
LHF Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-17
Filed: 05/20/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-00731
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-18
Filed: 06/09/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-00864
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-19
Filed: 06/09/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-00865
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-15
Filed: 06/30/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01015
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-17
Filed: 06/30/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01017
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-18
Filed: 07/15/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01089
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-18
Filed: 07/15/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01090
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-10
Filed: 07/29/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01175
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-19
Filed: 08/12/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01273
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-15
Filed: 08/26/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01354
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-16
Filed: 10/10/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01588
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-18
Filed: 10/21/2016
Case No. 2:16-cv-01648
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-8
Filed: 02/17/2017
Case No. 2:17-cv-00254
LHF Productions, Inc v. Does 1-10
Filed: 05/19/2017
Case No. 2:17-cv-00782
LHF Productions Inc v. Does 1-4