Righthaven LLC v. NORML [1]

Summary

Threat Type:

Lawsuit

Date:

03/15/2010

Status:

Pending

Location:

Nevada

Verdict or Settlement Amount:

N/A

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Righthaven LLC, a Las Vegas company associated with Las Vegas Review-Journal owner Stephens Media LLC, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) on March 15, 2010. The complaint,... read full description

Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat:

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

Type of Party:

Organization

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Organization

Location of Party:

Nevada

Location of Party:

District of Columbia

Legal Counsel:

Steven A. Gibson, Jodi Donetta Lowry, J. Charles Coons

Description

Righthaven LLC, a Las Vegas company associated with Las Vegas Review-Journal owner Stephens Media LLC, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) on March 15, 2010. The complaint [2], filed in federal court in Nevada, alleges that NORML reproduced a copy of a Review-Journal article, "Marijuana as medicine," on NORML's website [3] without permission.

A spokesperson for NORML told [4] the Las Vegas Sun that Righthaven "seems to have sued the wrong entity since NORML receives its news feed from a company called MAP Inc., which is the Media Awareness Project and calls itself a worldwide network dedicated to drug policy reform."

Details

Web Site(s) Involved:

NORML: Working to Reform the Marijuana Laws [3]

Content Type:

Text

Publication Medium:

Website

Subject Area:

Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction:

Nevada

Source of Law:

United States

Court Name:

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

Court Type:

Federal

Case Number:

2:10-cv-0351

Relevant Documents:

2010-03-15-Righthaven LLC v. NORML Complaint.pdf [5]

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