Legal Opinion
CMM Cable Rep, Inc. v. Ocean Coast Properties, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 20, 1996No. Nos. 95-1985, 95-2059PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
CMM Cable Rep., Inc. (“CMM”) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing all but one of its claims for federal copyright, trademark, and trade dress infringement and related state law claims. See CMM Cable Rep., Inc. v. Ocean Coast Properties, Inc., 888 F.Supp. 192 (D.Me.1995). CMM brought suit against Ocean Coast Properties, Inc. (radio station WPOR), several of WPOR’s executives, and its graphic design consultant (collectively referred to as ‘WPOR”) alleging infringement of CMM’s employment theme-based radio promotional contest by WPOR’s…
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