Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) released draft language of a proposed bill that intends to upend years of established case law and standards under the patent system under the guise of reforming the eligibility requirements of patentable subject mater under 35 USC 101. Currently 35 USC 101 reads: “Whoever invents or discovers
Over the last several months hundreds of Colorado residents have been delivered subpoenas from their internet service providers like Comcast and Centurylink stating that their personal information is being sought by Bodyguard Productions, LLC, the holding company suing for copyright infringement for the 2017 film the Hitman’s Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds. Note that unlike other
Did you receive a subpoena from your internet service provider (ISP) stating that they are being ordered to turn over your personal information in a federal lawsuit, specifically I.T. Productions? Numerous targets across the Colorado Front Range have received notices over the past few months over the film I.T. As the Bit Torrent infringement litigation
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Queen of the Desert or “QOTD” was a 2015 American film starring Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson, and James Franco and directed by Werner Herzog. The story is about Gertrude Bell, the British traveller, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer and political officer following her from her 20’s up through her death. While the subject of the story has
LHF Productions, Inc. or “London Has Fallen” is a Nevada company who produced and distributed the recent action movie London Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman. While LHF won’t win an Oscar for Best Picture, it is an entertaining movie that people want to watch. Being unsatisfied with the number of people sharing
Although released last year, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) drama Good Kill directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) and starring Ethan Hawke is the center of attention regarding recent lawsuits filed in Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin. Internet subscribers have begun to receive subpoenas from their internet service providers informing them of
Cobbler Nevada, LLC is currently suing multiple defendants in the State of Colorado over the film “The Cobbler” starring Adam Sandler for a Bit Torrent download. According to wikipedia.org, The Cobbler grossed a whopping $24,000 in domestic revenue after it was released in March of 2015 with a budget estimated to be about $10,000,000.00. So,
Although it has been a while since we posted a new article on our website, a lot has changed. First, there are a lot more copyright lawsuits out there in federal court as related to Bit Torrent downloads, and people are searching for answers. Over the years, our law firm has defended hundreds of individuals
Every three years the US Copyright Office via the Librarian of Congress reviews hot copyright issues to ensure that the copyright laws stay current as applied to specific technologies. The rulemaking statute was part of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The Librarian’s rulemaking power comes from 17 USC 1201(a)(1). The Register of Copyrights
