TMTV, CORP. v. MASS PRODUCTIONS, INC.

Nos. 09-1439, 09-1956.

645 F.3d 464 (2011)

TMTV, CORP., Plaintiff, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. MASS PRODUCTIONS, INC.; Emmanuel Logroño, a/k/a Sunshine Logroño; Gilda Santini; Conjugal Partnership Logroño-Santini, Defendants, Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

María D. Trelles-Hernández and Néstor M. Méndez-Gómez with whom Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez LLP, John F. Nevares and John F. Nevares and Associates PSC were on brief for defendants, appellants/cross-appellees.

Roberto Sueiro-Del Valle with whom Roberto Sueiro Del Valle Law Offices, Freddie Oscar Torres-Gomez and Law Office of Roberto Sueiro were on brief for plaintiff, appellee/cross-appellant.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Before us are cross-appeals in a decade-long copyright dispute concerning two sitcoms on Puerto Rican television. On one side is TMTV, Corp., a successor in interest to the first sitcom's production company; on the other, the second sitcom's production company, Mass Productions, Inc., and its principals—including the star of both shows, Emmanuel "Sunshine" Logroño. The district court granted summary judgment to TMTV on its claim...

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