Indianapolis, Ind. – The Indiana Court of Appeals granted Indiana’s petition for rehearing and reaffirmed its January ruling in favor of defendant Michael Curtis that a conviction for fraud in the form of copyright infringement was, by itself, an insufficient predicate for forfeiture. Curtis was charged with four counts of…
Indianapolis, Ind. – Klipsch Group, Inc. (“Klipsch”) and Audio Products International Corp. (“API”), both of Indianapolis, Ind., have sued Monoprice, Inc. (“Monoprice”) of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. alleging patent infringement, trade dress infringement, unfair competition and copyright infringement. In an eight-count complaint, intellectual property attorneys for Klipsch and its subsidiary API…
Indianapolis, IN – The Southern District of Indiana ruled in favor of Plaintiff Patrick Collins, Inc. by denying the motion of pro se Defendant John Doe No. 7 to quash or modify Plaintiff’s subpoena. In a lawsuit originally styled “Patrick Collins, Inc. v. John Does 1 – 13,” Patrick Collins,…
Indianapolis, IN – Plaintiff Malibu Media, LLC of Los Angeles, CA has sued seventeen “John Does” for copyright infringement in separate complaints filed in both the Southern District of Indiana and the Northern District of Indiana. Paul Nicoletti, a copyright attorney, has filed seventeen nearly identical suits in Indiana federal…
Indianapolis, IN – Copyright lawyers for Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”), of New York, NY and eight other plaintiffs have sued VAT, Inc. (“VAT”) d/b/a Carey Tavern and its owners, Matthew and Valerie Schachte of Westfield, IN, for copyright infringement in the Southern District of Indiana. In its complaint, BMI states…
Geneva, Switzerland – The World Trade Organization (“WTO”) has granted its permission for the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda (“Antigua”) to disregard intellectual property rights granted by the United States (i.e., patents, copyrights and trademarks). The decision follows nearly ten years of negotiations and litigation pursuant to a 2003…
Indianapolis, IN – The Indiana Court of Appeals has vacated the decision of The Honorable Timothy Oakes, Marion County Superior Court, to seize the truck of a defendant who pled guilty to fraud for having sold pirated movies from the truck. In December 2009, the State charged Michael Curtis with…
Indianapolis, IN – Attorney and self-proclaimed professional photographer Richard N. Bell, suing on his own behalf, filed two separate complaints alleging copyright infringement and unfair competition under the Copyright Act and conversion under Indiana statutory law as a result of the unauthorized use of a photograph he had taken and…
Fort Wayne, IN – Copyright attorney Paul Nicoletti filed a lawsuit on behalf of Malibu Media in the Northern District of Indiana alleging copyright infringement of the pornographic movie “Romantic Memories.” It alleges the infringement occurred by downloading it using the Internet file sharing “bittorrent” protocol. The suit was against…
Indianapolis IN – Copyright lawyers for CP Productions, Inc. of Phoenix, AZ filed a copyright infringement declaratory judgment suit in alleging John Doe, an alleged serial infringer known at this time only by an IP address, infringed the copyrighted work “GH Hustlers – Maryjane’s Second Visit” which has been registered…