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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TV v. EMPIRE DISTRIBUTION

No. 16-55577.

875 F.3d 1192 (2017)

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION, A DIVISION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION; Fox Broadcasting Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. EMPIRE DISTRIBUTION, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 16, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bowler (argued), Michael D. Hobbs , and Lindsay Mitchell Henner , Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Paul L. Gale and Peter N. Villar , Troutman Sanders LLP, Irvine, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel M. Petrocelli (argued), Molly M. Lens , and J. Hardy Ehlers , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California; James W. Crooks , O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Empire Distribution, Inc. appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Twentieth Century Fox Television and Fox Broadcasting Company (collectively, Fox). Empire Distribution argues that the district court erred substantively and procedurally in holding that Fox's use of the name "Empire...

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