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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Wed Dec 28, 2011, 11:55 PM Dec 2011

Four more Righthaven cases dismissed as auction continues

Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)

As the auction for its website domain name continues this week, copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas is struggling with additional problems.

In Righthaven’s latest setbacks, one of its appeals was dismissed Wednesday while Nevada judges this month dismissed three of its pending lawsuits. These dismissals were all for procedural reasons after Righthaven didn’t meet court-set deadlines.

... With Righthaven still not in compliance on Wednesday, a court clerk dismissed the appeal — causing at least one defense attorney to remark that this isn’t the first time Righthaven has been found to be in violation of court rules.

"Righthaven seems to invent new and interesting ways to display incompetence almost every day,” added Techdirt.com commentator Mike Masnick.

Read more: http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/dec/28/inventor-uses-water-jets-take-air-patented-flyboar/

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Four more Righthaven cases dismissed as auction continues (Original Post) Newsjock Dec 2011 OP
Good and kudos to DU for helping knock these copyright trolls out of the game. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #1
Anyone have an opinion on how this relates to SOPA? freshwest Dec 2011 #2
Tee hee hee! lonestarnot Dec 2011 #3
Kick! sarcasmo Dec 2011 #4
Will there be steps taken to disbar the attorneys? LiberalFighter Dec 2011 #5
just went to the righthaven website, which is down, and I was linked to the auction site wordpix Dec 2011 #6

wordpix

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6. just went to the righthaven website, which is down, and I was linked to the auction site
Fri Dec 30, 2011, 01:38 AM
Dec 2011

up to $1950 for the domain name

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