J&J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Vernancio

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND ___________________________________ ) ) J&J Sports Productions, Inc., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 18-239 WES ) John Vernancio and ) Broadway Cigars, LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) ___________________________________) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 45. For the reasons that follow, that Motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. I. BACKGROUND On May 2, 2015, “The Fight of the Century"1 (“the Program”), a boxing match, was broadcast nationwide. Pl.’s Statement Undisp. Facts in…