Tvt Records v. The Island Def Jam Music Group

412 F.3d 82

TVT RECORDS, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee,

TVT Music, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant,

Lyor COHEN, Defendant-Appellant,

Steven Gottlieb, Counter-Claimant.

Docket No. 03-9026(L).

Docket No. 03-9046(CON).

Docket No. 03-9122(CON).

Docket No. 03-9258(CON).

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued: August 10, 2004.

Decided: June 14, 2005.

Paul G. Gardephe (Kathleen L. Jennings, Shawn V. Morehead, Richard O. Jackson, on the brief), Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, New York,…