Bucciarelli-Tieger v. Victory Records, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs, individually and collectively, as Hawthorne Heights (“HH”), a musical group, filed this action on August 7, 2006, against defendants, Victory Records, a record company, its CEO, Anthony Brummel, and the company’s publishing arm, Another Victory, alleging willful copyright and trademark violations; unfair competition, in violation of the Lanham Act; and several state law claims. The complaint also seeks a declaratory judgment as to the nature of the agreement between plaintiffs and defendants. On August 28, 2006, plaintiffs…