KALANTARI v. NITV, INC.

No. 02-56592.

352 F.3d 1202 (2003)

Masood KALANTARI, an individual and a California resident, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NITV, INC., a California corporation d/b/a/National Iranian TV; Zia Atabay, a/k/a Zia Atabai, an individual; Parvin Atabay, a/k/a Parvin Atabai, an individual; Lobecast North America, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Does 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ali Kamarei, Palo Alto, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Martin N. Refkin, Gallagher & Gallagher, PC, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Pamela Ann Rymer, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted November 3, 2003 — Pasadena, California.

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge.

In this copyright infringement case, we are called on to decide whether the Iranian trade embargo, see 31 C.F.R. Part 560, prohibits the commercial importation of movies from Iran, the copyright of such movies, or the assignment to a "United States person" of the exclusive rights to copyright, distribute, and exhibit the movies in North America...

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