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June Download Cases

01 Wednesday Jul 2015

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As there are so many, going forward we’ll simply list download cases in one monthly post rather than individual posts. Fun fact – 20 of the 21 copyright/trademark complaints filed in Oregon this month were BitTorrent download cases.

Here are the complaints filed in June 2015:

Court Case Number: 6:15-cv-00977-TC
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Glacier Films USA Inc., Glacier Films 1 LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Coffin

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00975
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Glacier Films USA Inc., Glacier Films 1 LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00974
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Automata Productions Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Marco A. Hernandez

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00973
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Automata Productions Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Marco A. Hernandez

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00972
File Date: Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Plaintiff: Automata Productions Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael W. Mosman

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01043
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01042-AC
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01041-ST
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01040-SB
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Glacier Films USA Inc., Glacier Films 1 LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01039-SI
File Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Plaintiff: Countryman Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Court Case Number: 6:15-cv-01080-AA
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Chief Judge Ann L. Aiken

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01081
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01078
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01077
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01075
File Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01186-ST
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01185-ST
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01184-ST
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01183
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-01182
File Date: Friday, June 26, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

5 More Cobbler Download Cases

15 Friday May 2015

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Carl Crowell has filed 5 more BitTorrent cases for Voltage Pictures‘ film, The Cobbler.

Cobbler Nevada LLC v. Doe

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00825-ST, -00826-ST, -00827-ST, -00828-ST, -00829-ST,
File Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015
Plaintiff: Cobbler Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement, Indirect Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart

Sample Complaint:

Oregon Trademark Litigation Update – Trailers International LLC v. Xiaofei Yang

05 Tuesday May 2015

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Vince Webb and his company, Trailers International (formerly UtilityMate), previously filed suit against Zhuhai Sharp-Group Enterprise Co. Ltd. (aka Jumbo Tools & Equipment), a Chinese trading company, for manufacturing counterfeits of its UtilityMate® and UtilitySport® trailers. Jumbo was, at one time, authorized to manufacture trailers for Webb’s company but now it is alleged that Jumbo is making and distributing counterfeits, primarily through Altocraft USA, Inc. Now, Webb is filing suit against XiaoFei Yang, president and CEO of Jumbo.

Trailers International LLC et al v. XiaoFei Yang

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00767-SI
File Date: Monday, May 04, 2015
Plaintiff: Trailers International LLC, Vincent L. Webb
Plaintiff Counsel: Stephen J. Joncus and Xavier A. Clark of Klarquist Sparkman LLP
Defendant:XiaoFei Yang
Cause: Copyright Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Counterfeiting, False Designation of Origin, Unfair Competition (Passing Off), Unfair Business Practices, Conversion, Trade Secret Misappropriation
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Another BitTorrent Download Case

01 Friday May 2015

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Carl Crowell has filed yet another BitTorrent copyright case, this time for The Humbling, starring Al Pacino. When searching for information about this film, be careful to search for Humbling, not Humbler. This is a pretty standard BitTorrent copyright complaint filed by Crowell.

A&T SPVH, Inc. v. Doe

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00728
File Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015
Plaintiff: A&T SPVH, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge John Jelderks

American Heist Download Cases Filed

21 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Carl Crowell has filed yet another round of complaints for Voltage Pictures, this time for the BitTorrent downloads of the film American Heist, starring Hayden Christensen and Adrien Brody.

Voltage Pictures LLC et al v. Doe

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00668-SB, -00669-SB
File Date: Monday, April 20, 2015
Plaintiff: Voltage Pictures LLC, Glacier Films USA Inc., Glacier Films 1 LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell, Drew P. Taylor of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman

Sample Complaint:

Oregon Copyright Litigation Update – Pinnacle Alliance Group v. Ambient Architecture

21 Saturday Mar 2015

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Plaintiff Pinnacle Alliance Group, LLC (“Pinnacle”) owns the copyright on architectural plans and designs for a senior housing facility originally planned for Sisters, Oregon. In 2011, after spending upwards of $700,000 studying the site and preparing original layouts, Pinnacle submitted their plans to the City of Sisters for review and approval. The plans were also submitted to Ageia Health Services during negotiations for Ageia to serve as the management company for the future senior center. In 2013, Pinnacle lost its opportunity to develop the site and now they allege that Defendant Ambient Architecture (d/b/a Ascent) obtained the copyrighted blueprints. Exhibit A is some of the Pinnacle plan and Exhibit B is the plan that Ascent prepared for a different developer. Pinnacle is asking for $700,000, to cover the money already spent, as well as all profits that Ascent earned on this project.

Pinnacle Alliance Group, LLC v. Ambient Architecture LLC et al

Court Case Number: 6:15-cv-00451
File Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Plaintiff: Pinnacle Alliance Group, LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Jeffrey M. Edelson of Markowitz Herbold Glade & Mehlhaf, PC
Defendant: Ambient Architecture LLC, Seth E Anderson, Krista Appleby
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Chief Judge Ann L. Aiken

6 More Dallas Buyer’s Club Download Cases Filed

19 Thursday Mar 2015

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The headline says it all. The real question here…why are people still downloading this movie?

Court Case Numbers: 3:15-cv-00444, -00446, -00447, -00448, -00449, and -00450
File Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Plaintiff: Dallas Buyers Club LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta

Representative Complaint:

Oregon Copyright Litigation Update – Countryman Nevada v. Doe

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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Countryman Nevada LLC v. Doe

Crowell Law has filed five more copyright infringement lawsuits for BitTorrent downloads. The complaints are essentially the exact same as the Dallas Buyer’s Club suits, except these involve a film called The Necessary Death of Charley Countryman.

Why are people even trying to download this movie? It only received a 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic gave it a lowly 31. With Dallas Buyer’s Club, at least people are taking risks to see an award winning film, but this flick can’t be worth the hassle. Guessing it has something to do with the film’s original rating of NC-17…

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00433, -00435, -00436, -00437, -00438
File Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Plaintiff: Countryman Nevada LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael H. Simon

Representative Complaint:

Oregon Copyright Litigation Update – Action Window & Gutter Cleaning v. NW Home Maintenance

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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Action Window & Gutter Cleaning LLC v. NW Home Maintenance LLC

If you run a business, using a competitor’s advertising as your own is not a suggested practice. Action Window & Gutter Cleaning offers numerous building-exterior cleaning services, including moss & roof cleaning. The description of this service on their website includes before and after photographs. NW Home Maintenance, doing business as Homemasters, began circulating advertisement fliers (Exhibit B below). The fliers are alleged to the before and after photographs from Action’s website, with slightly modified style and location of the text.

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00354-MO
File Date: Monday, March 02, 2015
Plaintiff: Action Window & Gutter Cleaning LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Abraham J. Barnett, Benjamin F. Veralrud of The Barnett Firm LLC
Defendant: NW Home Maintenance LLC
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Judge Michael W. Mosman

Oregon Copyright Litigation Update – Dumb and Dumber To files lawsuits against 5 individuals

13 Friday Feb 2015

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More copyright infringement complaints have been filed against individual IP addresses over BitTorrent downloads. DDTo Finance, the registered copyright holder of the Red Granite Pictures film, Dumb and Dumber To, filed suit against five individuals whose IP addresses are associated with Comcast. DDTo Finance intends to subpoena records from Comcast to ascertain the true identity of these individuals.

DDto Finance LLC v. DOEs

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00239-ST
File Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Plaintiff: DDto Finance LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00253-HZ
File Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Plaintiff: DDto Finance LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00254
File Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Plaintiff: DDto Finance LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Janice M. Stewart

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00255
File Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Plaintiff: DDto Finance LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Unassigned

Court Case Number: 3:15-cv-00256
File Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Plaintiff: DDto Finance LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Carl D. Crowell of Crowell Law
Defendant: Doe
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Janice M. Stewart

Representative Complaint: