Legal Opinion
Pacific & Southern Co. v. Satellite Broadcast Networks, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided August 16, 1988No. 1:87-CV-357-RHH, 1:87-CV-629-RHH and 1:87-CV-421-RHHPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ROBERT H. HALL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this consolidated action alleging defendant, by retransmitting the broadcast signals of television stations, is infringing plaintiffs’ copyright in violation of the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. and tortiously interfering with plaintiffs’ contractual relations in violation of state law. Plaintiff Pacific & Southern Co., Inc. (“P & S”) also alleges that defendant’s actions constitute an infringement of P & S’s service marks and unfair competition in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq. Plaintiffs seek…
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