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Intellectual Property
Copyright Infringement

Strike 3 Holdings LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 174.85.39.241

Published: Oct. 23, 2020 | Result Date: Sep. 21, 2020 | Filing Date: Jan. 30, 2020 |

Case number: 2:20-cv-00975-TJH-SP Bench Decision –  $3,500

Judge

Terry J. Hatter Jr.

Court

CD CA


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Lincoln D. Bandlow
(Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow, P.C.)


Defendant

J. Curtis Edmondson
(Edmondson IP Law)


Facts

Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC owned rights to adult motion pictures that were distributed through the "Black Raw" adult website and DVDs. Plaintiff filed a copyright infringement complaint against defendant John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 174.85.39.241.

Contentions

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS: Plaintiff contended that defendant has been infringing plaintiff's adult motion pictures by illegally downloading plaintiff's motion pictures using a BitTorrent protocol and then distributing them to other users without plaintiff's authorization. Plaintiff claimed infringement of 155 works.

DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS: Defendant denied plaintiff's contentions.

Settlement Discussions

Defendant made an offer of judgment for $3,500.00 under Rule 68. The offer was accepted within the statutory time period.

Result

The court entered judgment in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $3,500 for all infringements.


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