"Xcentric Ventures" tagged Cases and Lawsuits

CaseCase FiledLast Document
Ecommerce Innovations L.L.C. v. Does 1-10September 23, 2008September 18, 2009
Rip-off Report Lawsuit Updates: Certain Approval Programs and Ecommerce Innovations. By Professor Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Xcentric Ventures, LLC et al v. Stanley et alMay 10, 2007November 14, 2007
Plaintiff Xcentric Ventures LLC operates a consumer information and advocacy website at www.ripoffreport.com, where consumers and other visitors can post complaints regarding companies. Plaintiff alleges that defendants have threatened services providers who do business with plaintiff in order to coerce plaintiff to remove consumer complaints found on its website.
Global Royalties, Ltd. et al v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alMay 10, 2007November 12, 2007
Plaintiffs Global Royalties, Ltd. and Brandon Hall allege that defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC operates the ripoffreport.com website in which defendant encourages visitors to post complaints about businesses and individuals, and then leverages the complaints to coerce businesses and individuals to pay for defendant's assistance in investigating and resolving the posted complaints.
GW Equity LLC v. Xcentric Ventures LLC et alJune 1, 2007November 6, 2007
Plaintiff GW Equity LLC alleges that defendant Xcentric Ventures LLC, which operates the websites www.ripoffreport.com and www.badbusinessbureau.com, publishes false, misleading, disparaging and defamatory statements about plaintiff and its services. Plaintiff further alleges that defendant's websites contain discussions of intellectual property and proprietary information that belongs to plaintiff.
Whitney Information, et al v. Xcentric Ventures, et alJanuary 27, 2004November 6, 2007
Plaintiffs Whitney Information Network, Inc. and Russ Whitney alleged that defendants Xcentric Ventures, LLC, badbusinessbureau.org, and Ed Magedson (1) used plaintiffs' trademarks in commerce in a manner likely to cause consumer confusion and (2) published stories that are false about the plaintiffs with the intent to injure plaintiffs, their business reputation, and to illegally divert customers away from plaintiffs.
Manchanda Law Offices, PLLC et al v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alJuly 25, 2007October 30, 2007
Plaintiffs Rahul Manchanda and the Manchanda Law Offices, PLLC sued defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC for allegedly defamatory postings about plaintiff that appeared on defendant's website www.ripoffreport.com.
Energy Automation Systems, Inc. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alNovember 6, 2006October 15, 2007
Plaintiff Energy Automation Systems, Inc. sued defendants Xcentric Ventures, LLC and Edward Magedson. Plaintiff alleged that defendant's websites badbusinessbureau.com and ripofferport.com published false and deceptively misleading statements of fact concerning EASI, its dealerships, and its employees by a few disgruntled former EASI dealers.
Cambridge Who's Who Publishing, Inc. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alDecember 11, 2006September 25, 2007
Plaintiff Cambridge Who's Who Publishing, Inc. alleges that defendant Xcentric Ventures, LLC publishes materially false, deceptive and defamatory reports on its websites, ripoffreport.com and badbusinessbureau.com, and is engaged in a scheme to extort money from legitimate businesses by forcing them to seek relief from the bad publicity they received.
IGIA, Inc. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC et alJanuary 11, 2007April 23, 2007
George S May Intl, et al v. Xcentric Ventures, et alSeptember 15, 2004March 8, 2007
Xcentric Ventures, L.L.C. v. Elizabeth Arden, et alDecember 17, 2008 
Xcentric Ventures, L.L.C. v. Opinion Corp. et alOctober 7, 2008 
Magedson et al v. Whitney Information Network, Inc. et alSeptember 17, 2008 
Certain Approval Programs, LLC et al v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC, et alAugust 29, 2008 
Invention Technologies,Inc. v. De Pippo et alMay 20, 2008 
Ottis v. Magedson et alOctober 18, 2007