Posted on 02/17/2012 10:29:21 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Righthaven LLC’s financial position appears to have deteriorated further: For the second year in a row, the Las Vegas company's state business license has expired and now it’s listed in default.
Records at the Nevada Secretary of State’s office, which handles incorporation matters, show Righthaven’s business license expired Jan. 31.
The development indicates the copyright infringement lawsuit filer either can’t or won’t come up with the $200 needed to reactivate the license. A request for comment was placed with Righthaven on the issue.
This is just the latest symptom of financial problems at Righthaven, where a creditor is trying to seize its copyrights after already seizing its website domain name.
U.S. District Judge Philip Pro in Las Vegas has yet to rule on a request by Wayne Hoehn, a creditor and prevailing Righthaven defendant, to speed up the copyright seizure after Righthaven balked at voluntarily turning them over.
In early 2011, it was pointed out Righthaven’s business license had expired during a period in which it was filing lawsuits and claiming to be a ''in good standing'' with the Nevada Secretary of State.
Righthaven then promptly renewed its license after the problem became public last year — but hasn’t done so in 2012.
The lack of a business license appears to be mainly an academic point at the moment, as Righthaven has stopped filing new lawsuits.
While Righthaven works to fend off creditors, including defendants who defeated it in court, the company is also waiting for judges to rule on motions and appeals that could revive its standing to sue.
Lol, they’re trying to shuffle away the money and hide from the people they screwed over.
Hate to say anything that would jinx it, but it looks like in this case the bad guys are going to lose.
This is what it looks like when a skanky business model explodes.
Bwahahahahahaha! Right on.
Looks like those extortioners bit off more than they could chew.
Can someone else buy the license after it has been in default for a certain amount of time?
Sucks to be them.
And well deserved.
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