Legal Opinion
TMTV CORP. v. Pegasus Broadcasting of San Juan
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided April 25, 2007No. CIV. 05-1621(JP), CIV. 05-1641(JP)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PIERAS, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff, TMTV, Corp., sued Televicentro of Puerto Rico L.L.C. (WAPA-TV, Channel 4) (“WAPA”), its parent company, Lin TV San Juan Corp., and its President, and Vice President of Programming (collectively the “WAPA defendants”) for copyright infringement under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 501, and under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). TMTV alleges that from 1997 to 1999 it produced and aired a two-hour weekly program on WKAQ, Channel 2 (“WKAQ”) in Puerto Rico. This program included a sitcom segment called “20 Pisos de Historia” (“20…
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