United States First Circuit

In an action brought by cable television provider claiming defendants' sale of electronic decoding cable box violated the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 47 U.S.C. Section 553(a)(1) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 1201, summary judgment and permanent injunction in favor of plaintiff are affirmed over claims of error that: 1) plaintiff lacked standing to bring the lawsuit; 2) summary judgment was improvidently granted; 3) summary judgment notwithstanding, defendants were entitled to a jury trial on damages; and 3) permanent injunction was improperly granted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/04/2008
• Published 08/04/2008

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Keven A. McKenna, for appellant Jon Chaffee., James A. Currier, on brief for appellants Amy Chaffee and Ramalda Bou.


• For Appellees:
  
• Shaun K. Hogan, with whom Lefkowitz, Hogan & Cassell, LLP was on brief, for appellee.