JULES JORDAN VIDEO, INC. v. 144942 CANADA INC.

Nos. 08-55075, 08-55126.

617 F.3d 1146 (2010)

JULES JORDAN VIDEO, INC., a California corporation; Ashley Gasper, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. 144942 CANADA INC., a Canadian corporation d/b/a Kaytel Video Distribution; Alain Elmaleh, an individual; Leisure Time Video Canada, Inc., a Canadian corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and Jacky's One Stop Distribution, Inc., a Canadian corporation; Jacky Elkeslassy, an individual; Sylhet Distribution, Inc., a Canadian corporation; Gerald Ouzzan, an individual, Defendants. Jules Jordan Video, Inc., a California corporation; Ashley Gasper, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. 144942 Canada Inc., a Canadian corporation d/b/a Kaytel Video Distribution; Alain Elmaleh, an individual; Leisure Time Video Canada, Inc., a Canadian corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Jacky's One Stop Distribution, Inc., a Canadian corporation; Jacky Elkeslassy, an individual; Sylhet Distribution, Inc., a Canadian corporation; Gerald Ouzzan, an individual, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Plotkin (argued), Law Offices of Michael M. Plotkin, Los Angeles, CA, Charles M. Coate , Costa, Abrams & Coate, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for the appellants.

Jens Koepke (argued), Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mark J. Poster , Sheila A. Wirkus , Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellees.

Before ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge, and ROBERT W. GETTLEMAN, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

GETTLEMAN, Senior District Judge:

Ashley Gasper is an adult movie actor who performs under the stage name Jules Jordan, and is the president and sole shareholder of Jules Jordan Video ("JJV"), the creator of the videos in which Gasper appears. He and his company sued defendants 144942 Canada, Inc., d/b/a Kaytel Video Distribution ("Kaytel"), Leisure Time Video Canada, Inc. ("Leisure Time"), Alain Elmaleh, the principal shareholder of each of the...

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