Tips and Commentary for Individuals Accused of Civil Liability for Internet Activities
Over recent months, software titan Microsoft Corporation has filed a number of “Doe” lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The suits allege both copyright and trademark claims against anonymous defendants accused of efforts to activate unlicensed copies of popular Microsoft software products.
The products named in the complaints include…
Two notorious BitTorrent plaintiffs have expanded nationwide litigation campaigns, with suits against scores of “Doe” defendants in the U.S. District Court of the District of Colorado.
Several cases were filed by QOTD Film Investment Ltd., which holds copyrights to the newly-released Werner Herzog epic Queen of the Desert. As noted in a prior troll defense…
New copyright actions were filed the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington by Criminal Productions, Inc.
Criminal Productions allegedly holds rights to the sci-fi flick Criminal, which stars Kevin Costner as a brain-damaged convict implanted with the memories of a deceased CIA operative. This follows other Criminal Productions suits recently filed…
Criminal Productions, Inc., which holds copyrights to the action flick Criminal, has filed BitTorrent copyright infringement suits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. These are the first such lawsuits in the nation, continuing the status of the Oregon District as a testing ground for new film titles in BitTorrent litigation.…
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…
Sevaral notorious BitTorrent troll plaintiffs have enlarged their operations to include suits against over 100 “Doe” defendants in the U.S. District Court of the District of Nevada.
Two cases were filed by QOTD Film Investment Ltd., which holds copyrights to the newly-released Werner Herzog epic Queen of the Desert. As noted in a prior troll…
LHF Productions, Inc., which holds copyrights to the action flick London Has Fallen, has filed BitTorrent copyright infringement suits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. This follows many other LHF suits recently filed in other jurisdictions.
London Has Fallen features Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman and Aaron Eckhart in an assassination…
ELargo Holdings, LLC, which holds copyrights to the 2015 action film Close Range, has filed several BitTorrent copyright infringement suits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, among the first such lawsuits in the U.S.
According to a pithy Hollywood Reporter review, Close Range is directed by “[l]ow-budget action maestro Isaac…
QOTD Film Investment Ltd., which holds copyrights to the newly-released Werner Herzog epic “Queen of the Desert,” has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. As noted in a prior troll defense post, “Queen of the Desert” stars James Franco, Nicole Kidman and Robert Pattinson, and…
In recent days, two film production companies affiliated with with Voltage Pictures, LLC have filed amended lawsuits personally naming scores of previously anonymous defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC filed seven amended complaints naming a total of 39 individuals. As has been widely reported by…