E.S.S. Entertainment v. Rock Star Videos
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
E.S.S. ENTERTAINMENT 2000, INC.,
d/b/a PLAYPEN, No. 06-56237 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-05-02966- ROCK STAR VIDEOS, INC., e/s/a MMM
ROCKSTAR GAMES, INC.; TAKE-TWO
OPINION
INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted March 5, 2008—Pasadena, California
Filed November 5, 2008
Before: John R. Gibson,* Senior Circuit Judge, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain
*The Honorable John R. Gibson, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.
15143 15146 E.S.S. ENTERTAINMENT 2000 v. ROCK STAR VIDEOS
COUNSEL
Robert F. Helfing, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant; David A. Schinder, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, Los Angeles, California, and Ernest J. Franceschi, Attorney, Los Angeles, California, were on the briefs.