Judge Navarro Declines to Dismiss Case Against Canadian-Based MajorWager

Righthaven Gets Legal Win in Copyright Lawsuit Campaign

For purposes of the motion for dismissal, Navarro rejected MajorWager's argument that Righthaven lacked standing to sue because it didn't own the copyright to the story at the time of the infringement. Righthaven finds infringements, obtains copyrights to those stories from the Review-Journal and then sues over the infringements on a retroactive basis.
"The plaintiff’s complaint ... provides enough evidence for the court to reach a plausible inference that rights to the article as well as past infringements were transferred to plaintiff. Absent any other evidence to the contrary, the assignor (Review-Journal owner Stephens Media LLC) appears to have successfully transferred the ownership interest..."

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Settlement: Four More Defendants Reach Settlements; Rule 26(f) Discussed

Attorneys Accuse Righthaven of Settlement Shakedown

In the case of Canadian defendant MajorWager, Lewis and Roca attorneys Nikkya Williams, Michael McCue and Jonathan Fountain wrote in a recent filing: "Notwithstanding the likelihood that the court will soon rule on MajorWager's motion to dismiss, Righthaven is insisting that the parties proceed with a Rule 26(f) conference, which, of course, would trigger the deadline for making initial disclosures and commencing discovery."
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The latest publicly-disclosed settlements involve defendants:
Swadeep Nigam
Rawguru Inc.
Dan Cirucci
The Above Network

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