[Las Vegas Inc] Like a gunfighter with no bullets, Las Vegas copyright company Righthaven LLC no longer has any copyrights to sue over.
A federal judge in Las Vegas on Monday stripped Righthaven of whatever interests it has in its 278 federal copyright registrations as well as its trademark. Judge Philip Pro ordered that the copyrights and trademarks be transferred to a court-appointed receiver so they can be auctioned to cover some of Righthaven's debts.
Most of the copyrights to be transferred under Pro's order of Monday cover material assigned to Righthaven for lawsuit purposes by the Review-Journal and the Denver Post. Some exceptions include some sports betting material that Righthaven used in its single lawsuit that didn't involve newspaper material.
Other exceptions include two porn movies -- Ebony Amateurs Vegas Edition #10 and Ebony Princess #3 -- and a document called "The Righthaven Philosophy" that apparently spells out the company's failed plan to make money by suing over copyright infringements. |