International Cablevision, Inc., Doing Business as Adelphia Cable v. John Sykes

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff International Cablevision, Inc. (“Cablevision”), the operator of a cable television system, appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York following a bench trial before John T. Curtin, Judge, dismissing its complaint against defendant John Sykes alleging his sale of a device designed to unscramble Cablevision’s signals in violation of 47 U.S.C. §§ 553(a) and 605 (1988) and state law. The district court found that there was no violation because Sykes had purchased the device for an innocent purpose…