Attorney Richard Liebowitz Sanctioned And Ridiculed By Judge
September 22, 2019 – Staff Attorney Richard Liebowitz, who is the undisputed king of mass copyright litigation, received a fine $8,745 and a dubious distinction from federal court judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York. The fine was for Mr. Liebowitz failing to comply with court orders. But the bigger hit […]
Read MoreLawyer Monthly Magazine Profiles Higbee & Associates Copyright Practice
July 12, 2019 – Staff An article in Lawyer Monthly Magazine shed some interesting light on the copyright practice of Higbee & Associates. The article, which is an interview with attorney Mathew Higbee, covers a lot of topics. Overall, the article was very pro-Higbee, giving him plenty of time to brag about his […]
Read MorePicRights LTD Copyright Letters Making Noise In The US
PicRights LTD has recently come on as one of the most active enforcers of copyright for photos. They operate out of Canada but appear to send a large volume of copyright enforcement emails to the US in effort to collect payments for their clients. They do not own the copyrights and they […]
Read MoreLiebowitz Files 556 Copyright Lawsuits In 2018
Attorney Richard Liebowitz was again the most prolific filers of copyright lawsuits in 2018. His law firm bested their last year’s number of 461 cases filed by nearly 100. He filed a very impressive 556 copyright cases in 2018. The Valleystream, New York based attorney primarily represents copyright holders in photography […]
Read MoreFailing To Defend Copyright Lawsuits Proves Risky
June 1, 2018 – Getting served with a copyright lawsuit is very stressful. Defending a copyright lawsuit is also expensive. But failing to take them seriously (starting with ignoring demand letters) can lead to big problems. Consider recent examples of two different defendants getting hit with huge default judgments. Default judgments result when defendants […]
Read MoreAttorney Richard Liebowitz Fights Troll Label – Gets Fine Reduced
April 12, 2018 – Lead attorney for The Liebowitz Law Firm, Richard Liebowitz, was labeled a copyright troll and sanctioned $10,000 by U.S. District Judge Denise Cote. Liebowitz fought the shocking sanction award claiming it was unlawfully punitive. Judge Cote reduced the sanction to $2,000 and ordered Liebowitz to take ethics classes. The case in […]
Read MoreLiebowitz Law Firm Top Filer of Copyright Law Suits In 2017
December 30, 2017 – The law firm of Richard Liebowitz was the most frequent filer of copyright law suits in 2017. The New York based law firm filed 469 copyright law suits in 2017, all of which were in New York. Despite an embarrassing ruling that resulted in a $140,000 judgment against one of […]
Read MoreRM Media Ltd. – Nick Youngson Files Copyright Lawsuit
UPDATE: May 25, 2018 Update – RM Media LTD has filed several more lawsuits in the US. RM Media LTD has filed more copyright lawsuits. An example of one can be found at https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/23926791/RM_Media_Limited_v_No_Debt_LLC_et_al Original Story: November 28, 2017 – RM Media Ltd., the self-proclaimed publisher of “best selling” stock photos has begun filing […]
Read MoreAdlife Communications Files $20,000,000 Copyright Lawsuit
October 21, 2017 – Adlife Communications made a 20 million dollar demand against multiple defendants in copyright lawsuit filed by Higbee & Associates in Illinois. The demand amount is amount is quite unusual for a couple of reasons. First, Adlife’s photo collection is primarily stock photography of food. Market comparables for these images are […]
Read MoreCopyright Lawsuit Stats In 2017
October 20, 2017 – Last year’s most active copyright law firms that we track— which are primarily ones that represent photographers or agencies and are often called trolls, were Liebowitz Law Firm, Sanders Law and Higbee & Associates. The biggest change from 2016 involves the rapid increase in the number of law suits […]
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