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FIFTY-SIX HOPE ROAD MUSIC v. A.V.E.L.A., INC.

Nos. 12-17502, 12-17519, 12-17595, 13-15407, 13-15473.

778 F.3d 1059 (2015)

FIFTY-SIX HOPE ROAD MUSIC, LTD.; Zion Rootswear, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A.V.E.L.A., INC.; X One X Movie Archive, Inc.; Central Mills, Inc. (Freeze); Leo Valencia, Defendants-Appellants, and Jem Sportswear, Defendant. Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd.; Zion Rootswear, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc.; X One X Movie Archive, Inc.; Central Mills, Inc. (Freeze); Leo Valencia, Defendants, and Jem Sportswear, Defendant-Appellant. Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd.; Zion Rootswear, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc.; X One X Movie Archive, Inc.; Central Mills, Inc. (Freeze); Leo Valencia; Jem Sportswear, Defendants-Appellees. Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd.; Zion Rootswear, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc.; X One X Movie Archive, Inc.; Leo Valencia, Defendants-Appellants,

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 20, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill M. Pietrini (argued) and Paul A. Bost , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd.

Timothy J. Ervin (argued), Gallant & Ervin, Chelmsford, MA, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Zion Rootswear, LLC.

Michael Bergman (argued), Law Offices of Michael Bergman, Century City, CA, and Melissa W. Woo , Carlsbad, CA, for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees A.V.E.L.A., Inc., X One X Movie Archive, Inc., Central Mills, Inc., and Leo Valencia.

John Yates (argued), Greenberg & Bass LLP, Encino, CA, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee Jem Sportswear, Inc.

Opinion by Judge N.R. Smith; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Christen.

OPINION

1. The district court did not err by denying Defendants' post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law on the Lanham Act false endorsement claim of Fifty-Six Hope Road Music ("Hope Road") and Zion Rootswear, LLC ("Zion"). The jury found Appellees, A.V.E.L.A., X One X Movie Archive, Leo Valencia, Freeze...

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