CIPES v. MIKASA, INC.

No. 05-2402.

439 F.3d 52 (2006)

Joel CIPES, d/b/a Joel Cipes Photography, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. MIKASA, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bradford Fawley, with whom Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, Howard J. Susser, Michael P. Murphy, Burns & Levinson LLP, Leonard J. Santisi, and Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Andrew D. Epstein, with whom Barker, Epstein & Loscocco was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, LYNCH and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In the case underlying this chameleon-like appeal, a jury found defendant-appellant Mikasa, Inc. liable for copyright infringement and awarded damages of $665,000 to the copyright holder, plaintiff-appellee Joel Cipes. Mikasa, shifting theories at every turn, asks us to intercede. Finding Mikasa's evanescent arguments unpersuasive, we affirm the judgment below.

The facts are straightforward. Mikasa is a national purveyor of dinnerware...

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