Judge Issues TRO, Orders Oron Assets Frozen in CF Lawsuit

CYBERSPACE—Federal Judge Gloria M. Navarro yesterday ordered that assets belonging to the defendants in Liberty Media v FF Magnat, the copyright infringement lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Corbin Fisher parent, be frozen for 14 days until a hearing on the preliminary injunction can be held. The suit alleges multiple instances of copyright infringement by oron.com. "The Plaintiff has shown a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of its claims sufficient for the Court to issue a limited Temporary Restraining Order. Plaintiff alleges copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement and inducement of copyright infringement," Judge Navarro wrote, adding, "Plaintiff has established irreparable harm wherein there is a substantial chance that upon final resolution, the movant cannot be made whole. Plaintiff has demonstrated that Defendants are engaged in allegedly fraudulent transfers that may impinge on the Court’s ability to issue effective equitable relief." The order also states: "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: "1. Any bank or financial institution in the United States with an account belonging to FF Magnat Limited, Oron.com; Maxim Bochenko, Roman Romanov, or anyone acting demonstrably in concert with them, will immediately freeze those funds from being withdrawn for a period of fourteen (14) days until a hearing on the Preliminary Injunction can be held; "2. PayPal, Inc. will immediately freeze any and all funds in any FF Magnat Limited or Oron.com accounts from being withdrawn for a period of fourteen (14) days until a hearing on Preliminary Injunction can be held; "3. CCBill, LLC will immediately freeze any and all funds in any FF Magnat Limited or Oron.com accounts from being withdrawn for a period of fourteen (14) days until a hearing on Preliminary Injunction can be held; "4. AlertPay will immediately freeze any and all funds in any FF Magnat Limited or Oron.com accounts from being withdrawn for a period of fourteen (14) days until a hearing on Preliminary Injunction can be held; "5. VeriSign will freeze the www.oron.com domain name from any further transfers; "6. All Defendants are hereby enjoined from disgorging or dissipating any funds, property, domain names, or other assets until further notice." A hearing was also scheduled for Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 2:30 p.m., before Navarro, in Courtroom 7D of the Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Boulevard, South, Las Vegas, Nevada, "for Defendants to show cause why an Order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65 should not be entered granting to Plaintiff a preliminary injunction extending the relief granted by this Temporary Restraining Order." Navarro also declined to approve the plaintiffs request for expedited discovery, "as Plaintiff gives no proposed timeline or justification for expedited discovery in its motion." The order can be accessed here.