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Film production companies affiliated with with Voltage Pictures, LLC have filed new copyright infringement lawsuits against “John Doe” defendants in two separate U.S. District Courts in Louisiana.
First, Dallas Buyers Club, LLC filed a “singleton” case against a Doe party in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge. …
Fathers & Daughters Nevada, LLC , the owner of rights to the Russell Crowe drama Fathers and Daughters, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court in Oregon.
Fathers and Daughters was released in Europe and Asia last year, but did not reach U.S. audiences until July 2016. The film has received middling…
PTG Nevada, LLC, the owner of copyrights to the Nicholas Cage film Pay the Ghost, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against 14 Doe defendants in the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada.
As Troll Defense earlier reported, Pay the Ghost was released in September 2015 and widely panned in critical reviews.
The…
QOTD Film Investment Ltd., which holds copyrights to the yet-unreleased Werner Herzog epic “Queen of the Desert,” has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court in Oregon. This appears to be the first such lawsuit in the U.S., outside of another suit in Arizona, according to Antonelli Law. Queen of the Desert stars…
Before I Go Productions, Inc., the owner of rights to the 2014 Nicole Kidman thriller Before I Go to Sleep, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court in Oregon. This appears to be the first such lawsuit in the U.S., outside of earlier suits in Illinois, according to Antonelli Law.
Before I …
Dish Network, LLC has filed a copyright lawsuit in Texas against 5 Doe parties accused of unlawfully “re-transmitting” certain Arabic-language television programming.
Dish Network is a Colorado-based company that provides TV service to over 14 million satellite and broadband subscribers. According to the complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…
November saw the first Pacific Northwest BitTorrent copyright lawsuits filed in Oregon by Clear Skies Nevada, LLC, which owns the rights to the 2014 film Good Kill. This film concerns a military drone pilot (played by Ethan Hawke) who questions the ethics of dropping bombs in Afghanistan from his remote post in Nevada.
Clear Skies…
Lawyers representing several production companies have filed numerous copyright lawsuits against over 100 “John Doe” defendants in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.
In each case, the plaintiff film production company alleges violations of its rights under the U.S. Copyright act arising from the Doe defendants’ alleged infringement of the film via…
In a new tactic, notorious Salem, Oregon attorney Carl D. Crowell has combined claims involving multiple different films into one lawsuit against a single unfortunate Doe defendant. Like countless prior copyright suits Crowell has filed in the U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, these allege infringement of the films via the use of BitTorrent file-sharing…
Synopses, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against several Oregon individuals, alleging infringement of various forms of electronic design automation (“EDA”) software for which Synopsys holds copyrights. The software is intended for testing and designing computer processing chips and semiconductors.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, with Case…