Righthaven LLC, the Las Vegas newspaper copyright lawsuit company, filed an emergency appeal Tuesday to block an auction of its copyrights — an auction Righthaven says is aimed at dismantling the company. A federal judge in Las Vegas last week granted Righthaven defendant Wayne Hoehn’s motion that Righthaven turn its intellectual property — including copyrights — over to a receiver. Hoehn seeks to dismantle or, at least, significantly inhibit Righthaven’s ability to operate as a going concern by seizing the content the company has sought to protect through copyright enforcement efforts while also jeopardizing the company’s ability to prosecute its pending appeals before this court, said the appeal.
Exactly. And the sooner the better. |