Court asked to step in after Righthaven refuses to comply with auction
Source: Vegas Inc (Las Vegas Sun)
Copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas is refusing to turn its copyrights over to a court-appointed receiver so they can be auctioned causing attorneys Monday to seek an order enforcing the auction plan.
Righthaven last week was ordered to surrender its intellectual property by Monday so it could be auctioned for the benefit of creditor Wayne Hoehn, who defeated Righthaven in one of its copyright infringement lawsuits.
... After Righthaven didn't comply by the close of business Monday, the deadline for compliance, Hoehns attorneys at Randazza Legal Group filed a new motion for a writ of body attachment asking that Righthaven CEO Steven Gibson and his wife, Raisha Drizzle Gibson, a Righthaven officer, be forced to appear in court by U.S. Marshals so they can execute the copyright transfers to the receiver at the threat of being held in contempt of court.
... "No new appeal has been filed with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, no new motion practice has been initiated there and Righthaven has not filed any petition for bankruptcy. Righthaven has made no explanation to the defendant nor to the court for its failure to comply with the Dec. 12 order," Mondays filing by Hoehn's attorneys at Randazza Legal Group said.
Read more: http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/dec/19/court-asked-step-after-righthaven-refuses-comply-a
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Will the new IP laws coming into effect provide them grounds for not answering the court?
SixthSense
(829 posts)- not by law, but by social pressure. Anyone who hires these crooks should get a thousand people picketing on their curb and a hundred thousand letters of protest.
Personally, I hope the Gibsons physically resist and get ventilated.
trumad
(41,692 posts)Too funny.
Hepburn
(21,054 posts)...more like a "DRIP"!!!!