On May 10, 2012, Patrick Collins, Inc., plaintiff in at least two of the notorious “copyright troll” cases, voluntarily dismissed all the John Doe defendants in a case filed in the Orlando division of the Middle District of Florida because “the time period for which the Internet Service Providers retain the data of the identities of the John Doe Defendants has elapsed,” the notice of voluntary dismissal said.
The case, Patrick Collins, Inc. v. Does 1-16, 6:12-cv-477-ACC-KRS, was filed on March 28, 2012, and is one of numerous “copyright troll” cases currently sweeping the nation – as well as the Middle District of Florida. Therein, the Plaintiff alleged that, in January 2012, various “John Doe” defendants used BitTorrent protocol to copy the motion picture Best New Starlets 2012. Other similar lawsuits have been filed by companies including Malibu Media, LLC; Nucorp, Ltd.; Nu Image, Inc.; Celestial, Inc.; and Voltage Pictures, LLC, and new lawsuits keep on coming.
Attorney Conlin is representing numerous “John Doe” defendants in these copyright troll cases. For more information, call 407-965-5519.
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