Indiana Intellectual Property Law News
Indianapolis, Ind. — Malibu Media, LLC of Los Angeles, Calif. has sued twenty-eight “John Does” for copyright infringement in separate complaints filed in the Northern District of Indiana and Southern District of Indiana.
Copyright lawyer Paul Nicoletti is again in federal court on behalf of Malibu Media. The company has filed twenty-eight similar lawsuits claiming copyright infringement. The “John Doe” defendants allegedly used the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol to illegally download, copy and distribute elements of various works of Malibu Media’s copyrighted material.
We have previously blogged about Malibu Media here and here. We have also blogged about some of the other copyright-infringement litigation filed by Paul Nicoletti here.
Malibu Media seeks a permanent injunction against infringing activities; an order by the court to remove infringing materials from all computers of each defendant; an award of statutory damages of $150,000 per infringed work and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.
Practice Tip: The actions of companies such as Patrick Collins and Malibu Media have been called “extortionate” and, in at least one case, a class action suit has been filed against these “trolls.” The issue of “trolls” has also caught the attention of at least one U.S. lawmaker. Senator Charles Schumer has proposed legislation wherein the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would review patent infringement suits before they could be filed in court. Of course, such legislation is not directly relevant to actions sounding in copyright, such as the multiplicity of lawsuits filed by Malibu Media. It may, however, sound a warning bell that tolerance of the questionable activities of intellectual-property trolls of all varieties is wearing thin.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00026-TLS-JEM has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Theresa Springmann and Magistrate Judge John E. Martin.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00027-JD-PRC has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jon E. DeGuilio and Magistrate Judge Paul Cherry.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00122-JVB-RBC has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen and Magistrate Judge Roger Cosbey.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00123-RLM-RBC has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Robert Miller, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Roger Cosbey.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00124-JD-RBC has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jon E. DeGuilio
and Magistrate Judge Roger Cosbey.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00135-RLM-JEM has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Robert Miller, Jr. and Magistrate Judge John E. Martin.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00136-RLM-JEM has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Robert Miller, Jr. and Magistrate Judge John E. Martin.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00328-RLM-JEM has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Robert Miller, Jr. and Magistrate Judge John E. Martin.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00329-PPS-CAN has been assigned to The Honorable Chief Judge Philip P. Simon and Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00330-PPS-JEM has been assigned to The Honorable Chief Judge Philip P. Simon and Magistrate Judge John E. Martin.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00331-JD-CAN has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jon E. DeGuilio and Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00332-PPS-CAN has been assigned to The Honorable Chief Judge Philip P. Simon and Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00333-JD-CAN has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jon E. DeGuilio and Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00334-JD-CAN has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jon E. DeGuilio and Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00663-SEB-DKL has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Sarah Evans Barker and Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00664-JMS-MJD has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00665-WTL-DKL has been assigned to The Honorable Judge William T. Lawrence and Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00666-TWP-DKL has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Tanya Walton Pratt and Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00667-SEB-DKL has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Sarah Evans Barker and Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00668-JMS-TAB has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00669-WTL-MJD has been assigned to The Honorable Judge William T. Lawrence and Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00670-JMS-TAB has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00671-JMS-TAB has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00672-JMS-DML has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and Magistrate Judge Debra McVicker Lynch.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00673-WTL-DML has been assigned to The Honorable Judge William T. Lawrence and Magistrate Judge Debra McVicker Lynch.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00674-LJM-MJD has been assigned to The Honorable Senior Judge Larry J. McKinney and Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00675-TWP-TAB has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Tanya Walton Pratt and Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker.
Case No. 1:13-cv-00676-SEB-MJD has been assigned to The Honorable Judge Sarah Evans Barker and Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore.