Attorneys fighting Las Vegas copyright company Righthaven LLC asked for a court order Monday to have Righthaven's assets auctioned off -- notably including the very copyrights Righthaven sues over.
Attorneys at Randazza Legal Group in Las Vegas represent Wayne Hoehn, who was sued for copyright infringement by Righthaven but defeated Righthaven in court when the lawsuit was thrown out.
Since then the attorneys been trying to collect more than $63,000 in court-ordered legal fees and the federal court in Las Vegas on Nov. 1 ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to seize Righthaven assets to satisfy Hoehn's judgment.
But in a Monday court filing, the Randazza attorneys said the Marshals so far have identified just one Righthaven monetary asset, its primary bank account containing less than $1,000.
So Randazza on Monday asked U.S. District Judge Philip Pro -- who dismissed the suit against Hoehn on fair use and standing grounds -- to appoint a receiver to which Righthaven would assign all of its intellectual property and other intangible property including its copyrights, trademark, website domain name and infringement-search software. The receiver would then auction these assets.
"Since Righthaven has refused to satisfy the judgment, Hoehn is entitled to force Righthaven's property into receivership and then to auction. Hoehn now moves this court to enact the process that will allow him to (at least partially) satisfy his judgment through Righthaven's only known assets -- its intellectual property," the Randazza attorney said in their filing. |