{"id":300,"date":"2011-05-19T08:32:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T08:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelsmithlaw.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/righthaven-defendants-fight-ba.html"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:43:29","slug":"righthaven-defendants-fight-ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/righthaven-defendants-fight-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Righthaven Defendants Fight Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

On February 25, 2011 I wrote a blog post<\/a> about Righthaven, LLC, a company that has made a business out of suing owners of web sites for alleged copyright infringement. At the time, Righthaven had filed at least 239 lawsuits against all sorts of defendants, including individuals, small businesses<\/a>, and nonprofit organizations. The number of lawsuits has now reached at least 275, most of them in either Nevada or Colorado.<\/p>\n

Although many of the lawsuits have been settled, some of the defendants have chosen to fight back. For example, in Righthaven LLC v. Buzzfeed, Inc<\/em>., the defendants recently filed a class action counterclaim <\/a>on behalf of the defendants in all the Colorado lawsuits. In their counterclaim, the defendants argue that Righthaven has committed abuse of process<\/a> and violated the Colorado statute against unfair and deceptive trade practices. In support of their counterclaim, the defendants allege, among other things, that<\/p>\n