United States First Circuit

In a copyright infringement action, district court's grant of a preliminary injunction against defendant is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff has a valid copyright; and 2) plaintiff has shown a likelihood of success that it will succeed on its claim that defendant copied original elements of its work as it has provided ample evidence that defendant engaged in actual copying of plaintiff's work, and that the two works were substantially similar.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/06/2009
• Published 04/06/2009

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Samuel F. Pamias-Portalatín, with whom Carla Ferrari-Lugo, was on brief, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marie Elsie López-Adames, with whom González-López & López-Adames, was on brief, for appellee.