Legal Opinion
Cortes-Ramos v. Sony Corporation of America
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 9, 2016No. 15-1786PPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRON, Circuit Judge.
Luis Adrián Cortés Ramos (“Cortés”) appeals from the dismissal of his contract and intellectual property claims against a variety of companies affiliated with Sony Music Entertainment (“Sony”). The dispute concerns an original song and music video that Cortés submitted to Sony as part of a songwriting contest sponsored by Sony. The District Court dismissed all of Cortés’s claims. It did so on two grounds: that the claims were subject to mandatory arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, and that Cortés failed to allege facts sufficient to support his claims under…
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