Court Doubts Righthaven Transfer Agreement; Orders Proof of Rights in Article it Sued Over

• Case Summary:
  A Nevada judge orders Righthaven to demonstrate that it has standing to sue for copyright infringement.
• Key Takeaway:
  A recently unsealed agreement between a newspaper publisher and the copyright enforcer calls into question whether Righthaven has adequate rights in the articles that it files copyright infringement suits over.

The strategic alliance agreement between copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC and publisher Stephens Media LLC appears to retain the exclusive rights enumerated at Section 106 of the Copyright Act for the publisher and, as a result, Righthaven may lack standing to bring a claims for infringement of Stevens Media news articles, ...