Legal Opinion
TMTV, Corp. v. Mass Productions, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided November 24, 2004No. CIV.00-1338(RLA)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ACOSTA, District Judge.
The court has before it two motions for summary judgment filed by plaintiff herein which have been duly opposed. Discovery — including depositions and expert witness discovery — having concluded the matter is now ready for adjudication.
I. BACKGROUND
This is a declaratory judgment action concerning authorship of a televised situation comedy (“sitcom”) titled “20 Pisos de Historia”, which aired weekly for over two years between 1997 and 1999. Plaintiff alleges work for hire authorship of the program and requests…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- TMTV, CORP. v. Mass Productions, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
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