[Infowarrior] - Oh the irony: Copyright groups suing each other

[Richard Forno]

Media Copyright Group Sues US Copyright Group Over Trademark Threat

from the that's-what-you-get dept

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101012/10515411392/media-copyright-group-sues-us-copyright-group-over-trademark-threat.shtml

We had just written about the rise of a bunch of new pre-settlement shakedown shops, who send out massive amounts of lawsuits over claims of file sharing in order to get people to pay up. Just recently, some had noticed that these firms all seem to copy from each other, and now two of the firms may be heading to court over it. Seriously. 

An anonymous reader passed along the news that the Media Copyright Group -- which was set up recently by a divorce lawyer to work with porn providers -- has filed for declaratory judgment against US Copyright Group, the offshoot of Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver (the firm that was the first to get attention for bringing these sorts of pre-settlement deals to the US). We had already noted that US Copyright Group appeared to have copied its website from a competitor, but apparently even though US Copyright Group thinks it's okay to copy others, it doesn't like anyone else copying it. A lawyer from Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver sent a cease and desist to Media Copyright Group, alleging trademark infringement. Media Copyright Group filed for a declaratory judgment that it is not infringing:

All I can say is that there's something quite amusing about watching two of these law firms suing each other in court, arguing over whether or not one infringed on the other's "intellectual property."