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LOVE v. ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS, LTD.

Nos. 07-56008, 07-56568.

611 F.3d 601 (2010)

Mike LOVE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS, LTD., e/s/a The Mail on Sunday; Sanctuary Records Group, Ltd.; Sanctuary Records Group, Inc.; Sanctuary Artist Management, Inc.; Sanctuary Music Productions, Inc.; Bigtime.TV; Brian Wilson; Melinda Wilson; Jean Sievers; The Lippin Group, Inc.; Soop LLC; David Leaf, Defendants-Appellees. Mike Love, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sanctuary Records Group, Ltd.; Sanctuary Records Group, Inc.; Sanctuary Artist Management, Inc.; Sanctuary Music Productions, Inc.; Brian Wilson; Jean Sievers; The Lippin Group, Inc.; Soop LLC; David Leaf, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell C. Tilner (argued), Margaret S. Thomas, Horvitz & Levy LLP, Encino, CA and Philip H. Stillman (argued), Stillman and Associates, Cardiff, CA, for plaintiff-appellant Mike Love.

Kelli L. Sager, Andrew J. Thomas, Robyn Aronson, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee Associated Newspapers, Ltd.

Howard L. Weitzman, Gregory Aldisert (argued), Gregory Gabriel, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for defendants-appellees Sanctuary Records Group, Ltd., Sanctuary Records Group, Inc., Sanctuary Artist Management, Inc., and Sanctuary Music Productions, Inc.

Neville L. Johnson, Johnson & Johnson LLP, Beverly Hills, CA, for defendant-appellee BigTime.tv.

Barry E. Mallen, Mark S. Lee, Benjamin G. Shatz, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees Brian Wilson, Melinda Wilson, Jean Sievers, The Lippin Group, Inc., and SOOP LLC.

Edward A. Ruttenberg, Leopold Petrich & Smith, PC, for defendant-appellee David Leaf.

Before SIDNEY R. THOMAS and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges, and JEREMY D. FOGEL, District Judge.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question, inter alia, of whether the Lanham Act and California's common law right of publicity apply extra-territorially to events occurring in Great Britain. Under the circumstances presented by this case, we conclude that such claims are not viable, and we affirm the judgments entered by the district court.

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