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Intellectual Property

May 11, 2013

Righthaven loses copyright appeals in 9th Circuit

A 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed the dismissal of copyright infringement suits filed by Nevada-based holding company Righthaven LLC against two bloggers.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed the dismissal of copyright infringement suits filed by Nevada-based holding company Righthaven LLC against two bloggers. The three-judge appellate panel unanimously agreed with two district court decisions that Righthaven had no standing to sue bloggers for republishing Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper articles, since the holding company did not own any exclusive rights to those arti...

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