Legal Opinion
Baco v. TMTV CORP.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 30, 2006No. CIV. 05-1641(JP)Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERAS, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Court has before it the defendant’s motion to dismiss (No. 5), the plaintiffs’ opposition (No. 8), and the defendant’s reply (No. 13). The plaintiffs brought this action under federal copyright law seeking a declaratory judgment that they own the copyrights to certain television characters and also claim under Puerto Rico law that the defendant tortiously interfered with contracts with third parties. The defendant moves to dismiss the copyright claims on the ground that they are time barred, and to dismiss the claim of tortious…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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