Understanding the patterns of filings by Malibu Media, LLC.
Malibu Media is now suing in Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. These are “safe haven” courts because of past rulings who allowed Malibu’s cases to proceed.
Malibu Media is now suing in Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. These are “safe haven” courts because of past rulings who allowed Malibu’s cases to proceed.
SINGLE DEFENDANT MALIBU MEDIA CASES?!? Malibu Media, LLC has been one of the worst offenders in these copyright trolling cases. Instead of waiting for a full download to be complete, it has been reported to me that IMMEDIATELY UPON CLICKING ON THE BITTORRENT LINK (or in other words, as soon as an internet user “joins” … Read more
Case consolidations (until now) happened when a federal judge lumped together different cases which all suffered from the same flaws, e.g., improper jurisdiction, improper joinder, etc. and they dismissed them all in one order. This was a good thing! However, when a troll-friendly judge consolidates a plaintiff attorneys case to keep the cases alive, but to manage the dockets, e.g., to avoid inconsistent rulings, while this in itself is a good thing for the court (and for justice), it is a bad thing for the defendants accused in those copyright infringement cases.