A & M RECORDS, INC. v. ABDALLAH

No. CV 94-1180-LEW.

948 F.Supp. 1449 (1996)

A & M RECORDS, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Arista Records, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Delaware Corporation; BMG Music, a New York Partnership; Capitol Records, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Elektra Entertainment, Inc., a Division of Warner Communications, a Delaware Corporation; Giant Records, a California Partnership; Fonovisa, Inc., a California Corporation; Island Records, Ltd., a United Kingdom Corporation; LaFace Records, a Joint Venture Partnership; Liberty Records; a Division of Capitol Records, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; MCA Records, Inc., a California Corporation; Motown Record Company, L.P., a California Limited Partnership; Polygram Records, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Profile Records, Inc., a New York Corporation; Qwest Records, a California Corporation; Sony Discos Inc., a Florida Corporation; Sony Music Entertainment Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Tommy Boy Music, Inc., a New York Corporation; Virgin Records America, Inc., a California Corporation; Warner Bros. Records Inc., a Delaware Corporation; WBR/Sire Ventures Inc., dba Sire Records Ltd., a Delaware Corporation; WEA International Inc., a Delaware Corporation; WEA Latina Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Word, Inc., a Texas Corporation; and Zomba Recording Corporation, a New York Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. General Audio Video Cassettes, Inc., a California Corporation; Moses Abel Plastics Mfg. Co., an Entity of Unknown Type; Mohammad ABDALLAH, an Individual; Apel Darakdjian, a/k/a Abu Hanea, an Individual; Faustino Villa, an Individual; Rizik Muslet, an Individual; Mohammed Alabed, a/k/a Abu Sereia, an Individual; Jose Manzano, an Individual; Mohammand Issa Halisi, a/k/a Abu Issa; and Does 1 Through 100, Inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

As Amended Nunc Pro Tunc November 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Frackman, Robert C. Welsh, Yakub Hazzard, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs.

Michael S. Magnuson, Whittier, CA, for defendant.


AMENDED JUDGMENT*

LAUGHLIN E. WATERS, Senior District Judge.

I. Background:

On February 24, 1994, twenty-six major record companies sued numerous corporations and individuals, including Mohammed Abdallah, who were allegedly engaging in copyright and trademark infringement. The other defendants either failed to respond to the complaint or settled, but the case against Mr. Abdallah proceeded to trial. Mr. Abdallah...

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