Eros LLC v. John Doe

Complaint

SL business sues for copyright infringement

By Eric Reuters

Reuters Second Life News Center

Tue Jul 3, 2007 12:07pm PDT

Article

"SECOND LIFE, July 3 (Reuters) - Second Life entrepreneur Kevin Alderman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit on Tuesday against Second Life resident Volkov Catteneo, and Alderman's lawyer said he plans to subpoena Linden Lab to force it to disclose Catteneo?s real-world identity.

"Alderman (Second Life name: Stroker Serpentine) runs the adult-content company Eros LLC. One of the company's most popular products is the SexGen bed, virtual furniture that contains more than 150 sex animations and retails for L$12,000 (US$45.11).

"In "Eros LLC vs John Doe," filed in the U.S. District Court in Tampa, Alderman accuses Catteneo of illicitly copying and selling the SexGen bed for as little as L$4,000, sharply cutting into Eros' sales......." (more>

Defendant Named in Eros Intellectual Property Suit

October 25th, 2007

by Benjamin Duranske

Virtually Blind

"Eros, LLC has filed an amended complaint (.pdf) naming Robert Leatherwood, of North Richland Hills, Texas, as the John Doe defendant previously known only by a Second Life avatar?s name, 'Volkov Catteneo.' ..."(more)

Eros asks for default judgment after Leatherwood misses deadline

by Eric Reuters

Reuters/SL

Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:11pm PST

"Robert Leatherwood, the 19-year-old Texan accused of being Second Life avatar Volkov Catteneo, has ignored a court deadline naming him as the principal defendant in the first Second Life copyright lawsuit, a lawyer for the plaintiff said on Thursday..."(more)