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   Nigel, May 2nd, 2012 @ 9:04pm

   
   

   Ahh Righthaven

   The irony.... sorry... the ironing is delicious :)

    

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   Alana (profile), May 2nd, 2012 @ 9:26pm

   
   

   We should get the copyrights for it, then change it's name to Wronghaven.

    

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   SUNWARD (profile), May 2nd, 2012 @ 9:32pm

   
   

   auctions end May 3

   the only auction that has any bids is for the trademark, currently at 1,025.00 with 7 bids. Rest are just there.
   
   http://www.ebay.com/itm/Righthaven-19-/130687202086?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6 d907326

    

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   Anonymous Coward, May 2nd, 2012 @ 9:57pm

   
   

   How about

   How about a brand of toilet paper?

    

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   Anonymous Coward, May 2nd, 2012 @ 9:59pm

   
   

   (the new) righthaven.com ... offering "hosting with a backbone"
   
   Coincidentally, "Ebony Amateurs Vegas Edition #10" is said to offer "hosting with a black bone"
   
   /ducks

    

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   Anonymous Coward, May 3rd, 2012 @ 2:00am

   
   

   Wait wait wait...
   
   I thought Righthaven's website was bought already. Or am I wrong here?

    

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   Anonymous Coward, May 3rd, 2012 @ 4:21am

   
   

   Response to: Anonymous Coward on May 2nd, 2012 @ 9:59pm

   And the company will soon be referred to as "The company formerly known as Righthaven"

    

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   Violated (profile), May 3rd, 2012 @ 4:50am

   
   

   Dodgy Porn

   I have had a check on those two porn movies and the most interesting part is this line under the copyright registration...
   
   Copyright Claimant: Righthaven LLC, Transfer: By written agreement. Address: 9960 West Cheyenne Avenue, Suite 210, Las Vegas, NV, 89129-7701, United States.
   
   I have to find this auction sale somewhat funny because in all these Court to Receiver ownership transfer documents there is no copy of this original "Written Agreement" which is the one critical document in all this to know what you have actually agreed to purchase.
   
   So without being able to review that original rights transfer then the sale is trash. You only then have some memento sale where in this recession I would be surprised to see someone fork out $100 on this crap.

    

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   GMacGuffin (profile), May 3rd, 2012 @ 7:16am

   
   

   Re: auctions end May 3

   Fun bit is a trademark cannot be baldly transferred. The listing therefore correctly notes that the transfer includes "U.S. Trademark Registration No.: 3,948,912 along with any and all goodwill associated therewith."
   
   Transfer of goodwill has to go with the mark. So... since almost by definition there is no Righthaven "goodwill" to transfer, would the transfer then be void?
   
   Har.

    

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    Anonymous Coward, May 3rd, 2012 @ 9:24am

    
    

    Also up for auction is the trademark on the name Righthaven itself. When righthaven.com sold, it was turned into a service offering "hosting with a backbone" in a somewhat ironic use of the domain. I suspect we'll see something similar happen with the Righthaven trademark, since the company's dismal reputation and long list of legal failures makes it a pretty unappealing brand for any purpose other than parody or satire.
    
    It's a service mark, not a trademark. If you look up the registration, the mark is for "Searching and retrieving information, sites, and other resources available on computer networks for others."
    
    So you have to keep in mind that the person who bought this mark only bought the right to use the mark for this kind of service. They could use the Righthaven mark for other services, but they would only have common law protections for that mark since this mark is limited to these services.
    
    Whoever bought this just bought bragging rights, as far as I can tell. Unless they plan to use the mark for those types of services, the mark doesn't give them any rights.
    
    And as far as the goodwill is concerned, I think that if the assignee of this mark does use it for other services, then there's no goodwill transferred and it's an assignment in gross.
    
    At least this is what I recall from my trademark law class. :)

     

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    Righthaven Receiver, May 3rd, 2012 @ 10:57am

    
    

    Copyright auctions re-launched on eBay

    Seventeen Righthaven copyrights are being auctioned off on eBay starting 8:00 a.m. PDT today and ending at approximately 8:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday May 5, 2012. This is the third auction of Righthaven property to satisfy court judgments against the Las Vegas company. The RIGHTHAVEN service mark was sold for $1025.00 in an auction that closed this morning. The auctions are being conducted by the court-appointed receiver for Righthaven, Lara Pearson, Esq., operating under the eBay seller name courtappointedreceiver. (A complete listing of the auctions has been submitted through TechDirt's on-line submission form)

     

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