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Lime Wire Ends Up Settling for $105 Million

aostler — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:51:40 +0000

On Thursday, Lime Wire decided to settle for $105 million dollars mid-trial. The company was ordered to shut down in October of last year for infringement of music copyrights. Before the cross examination from Lime Wire’s lawyers was complete, they conducted a mediation and came to a settlement. Lime Wire’s founder Mark Gorton was pleased to see that the case has been concluded.

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Lime Wire Settles for $105 Million Mid-Trial

Morning Roundup

sara — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:29:09 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Thursday, March 25, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news…

Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman LLP take on the band Green Day for copyright infringement…

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sues the federal government to stop the health care bill…

A new study details the “client revolution”…

UnitedHealth fraud is symptomatic of larger economic woes…

Seyfarth Shaw offers an overview of California employment law…

Former public relations specialist Susan Finkelstein is on trial after exchanging sex for World Series tickets…

Former FCC Commissioner Tyrone Brown leaves Wiley Rein…

Camille Cantrell has joined the Atlanta office of Hawkins, Parnell & Thackston…

Anna Nicole Smith’s estate loses a $300 million claim in court…

Bloggers Beware! ATL Gets Sued

joshua — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:07:41 +0000

The blawg site abovethelaw.com has been sued by a Florida law professor, acting pro se. Although ATL is refraining from comment out of respect for the judicial system, you can find a juicy analysis of the case and why its unlikely to survive a motion to dismiss here.

Here’s a quick rundown of the background of the case: In September of 2007 Donald Marvin Jones, a Florida law professor, was arrested for solicitation after allegedly offering an undercover officer twenty dollars for sex. ATL reported on the case with great glee, including a photo montage of Jones provided to them by a third party, a picture of Jones taken from the University of Miami website, and a copy of the police incident report. The case against Jones was later dismissed, and expunged from the record.

Now Jones is suing ATL. The complaint brings forth three claims: 1) false light; 2) invasion of privacy; 3) and copyright infringement.

Farnese Joins Phillie’s Archer & Greiner

Erik Even — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Pennsylvania Democratic State Senator Lawrence M. Farnese Jr. has joined the Philadelphia office of Archer & Greiner as of counsel.

Farnese, who won indicted former state Senator Vincent Fumo’s Senate seat in November, formerly held a similar position with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

Archer & Greiner said Farnese’s new position will allow him the flexibility he needs to devote his full-time attention to representing the 1st District in Philadelphia.

His practice revolves around complex commercial litigation, including copyright & trademark infringement, protection of corporate trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty disputes and construction-related litigation.

The 175-lawyer Archer & Greiner firm of Haddonfield, New Jersey is attempting to grow its Philadelphia office. It added 21 lawyers from the dissolving Pelino & Lentz last month. The Philadelphia office now has 32 lawyers.

RIAA Lawyer Joins Venable LLP

Erik Even — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:56:14 +0000

George Borkowski, the ex-RIAA lawyer who helped torpedo the Napster and Grokster file-sharing services, is leaving a slimy trail to Venable LLP’s Los Angeles office, as co-chairman of the firm’s national intellectual property litigation group.

Borkowski, founder of the IP & technology practice at LA’s Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, joins the Washington-based Venable as a partner.

Borkowski joined Mitchell Silberberg in 1988. He was acting director of litigation for the Recording Industry Association of America from 2000 to 2001, representing the record company plaintiffs in litigation against Napster and Grokster, both of which were found to be liable for some level of copyright infringement.

It’s been pointed out by many commentators that if the RIAA had made a deal with the file-sharing services, instead of essentially putting them out of business, the record industry would be making all the money that is instead going to Steve Jobs through iTunes. Good work, George!

He also has represented the Motion Picture Association of America, the Hollywood lobby and censorship board, and other entertainment firms in copyright infringement and piracy cases. He has represented record labels in copyright infringement, royalty and trademark disputes, and has handled patent, trade secrets and anti-piracy cases for videogame, software and semiconductor companies.

Venable LLP, formerly known as Venable, Baetjer & Howard LLP, was founded in Baltimore after the Civil War. Today the firm maintains six Northeastern offices and specializes in patent litigation, labor & employment law and white collar investigations. Venable employs nearly 600 attorneys.

Facebook Looking for [ ]Friendship, [ ]Dating, [X]Legal Counsel

Erik Even — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:28:38 +0000

Palo Alto, California-based social networking web site Facebook is looking for private US law firms willing to help resolve an on-going patent dispute.

The popular site is facing a patent infringement dispute with patent troll Leader Technologies. Leader accuses Facebook of infringing its patented “method and system for the management and storage of electronic information.”

The website has been the subject of several previous patent and IP lawsuits.

Paul Andre‚ of Atlanta’s King & Spalding and Philip Rovner of Delaware’s Potter Anderson & Corroon are acting for Leader. They are seeking unspecified damages and injunctive relief from Facebook.

Facebook says it has yet to choose its legal adviser and claims the matter has no merit.

Coldplay Sued for Copyright Infringement

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:46:26 +0000

Long live life?

Bad news for Coldplay, the super successful British rock group. The band was sued on Thursday for copyright infringement by famous rock guitarist Joe Satriani. In the complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court, Satriani claims that the Coldplay song “Viva la Vida” (the title track of the band’s fourth album) incorporates “substantial original portions” of his 2004 song entitled “If I Could Fly” from his album “Is There Love in Space?”

All four of the band’s members – singer Chris Martin (husband of Gwyneth Paltrow), bass player Guy Berryman, guitarist Johnny Buckland, and drummer Will Champion – received a writing credit on the song.

Satriani has requested a jury trial, damages and “any and all profits” attributable to the alleged copyright infringement.

“Viva la Vida” has been a huge hit for the Grammy-award winning band. On Wednesday night, the band was nominated for seven Grammy Awards, including a Song of the Year nomination for “Viva la Vida.”