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Court reminds plaintiff of Rule 11 obligation in adult movie download case

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 24 2012

Judge Kim denied two Doe defendants’ motions to quash subpoenas to their Internet service providers in this copyright case involving BitTorrent downloads of adult movies as part of a “swarm.”

Court orders Doe disclosure after time to object

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2012

Judge Leinenweber granted plaintiff Pacific Century International’s (“PCI”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(c)(2)(B) motion to compel subpoena compliance, in this BitTorrent copyright suit

Common use of Bit Torrent sufficient for joinder

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2012

Judge Darrah granted in part Does defendant’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff Hard Drive Production’s (“HDP”) complaint accusing Does of infringing HDP’s copyrighted video via BitTorrent

Swarming does not create jurisdiction

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 16 2012

Judge Manning dismissed plaintiff Millenium TGA's case against a Doe defendant identified by its computer IP address ("Doe") for lack of personal jurisdiction

Shared downloading of a movie makers joinder

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2012

Judge Bucklo denied the Doe defendants' various motions to quash or dismiss in this BitTorrent copyright infringement case

Bald recitation of standard dismissed

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 17 2012

Judge Grady granted in part defendants' Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiff Flava Works' complaint in this copyright case involving adult entertainment on the internet

Subpoenas to identify Does allowed in BitTorrent copyright case

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 5 2011

Judge Kendall denied putative defendants' motions to quash plaintiff MCGIP's subpoenas seeking to identify users associated with specific IP addresses that allegedly used BitTorrent in a manner that infringed MCGIP's copyrights in certain adult films

Naming Doe defendants in Bit Torrent copyright case is shooting first, identifying targets later

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2011

Judge Shadur sua sponte dismissed plaintiff Boy Racer's copyright infringement complaint without prejudice

Passive website written in Chinese does not create Illinois personal jurisdiction

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 8 2011

Judge Dow granted defendant CTI's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in this copyright infringement action

Court severs 800 Doe defendants in copyright suit

  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 6 2011

Judge Manning sua sponte severed each Doe defendant in this copyright suit over alleged use of copyrighted materials via BitTorrent, except for one Doe IP address