BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO v. ACEMLA

Nos. 10-2171, 10-2170.

678 F.3d 102 (2012)

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, Plaintiff, Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. ASOCIACIÓN DE COMPOSITORES Y EDITORES DE MÚSICA LATINOAMERICANA (ACEMLA); Latin American Music Company, Inc. (LAMCO), Defendants, Appellees, Cross-Appellants, Guillermo Venegas Lloveras, Inc., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin J. Prado-Galarza , with whom Prado, Nunez & Associates, P.S.C. was on brief, for plaintiff Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.

Mauricio Hernandez-Arroyo , for defendant LAMCO/ACEMLA.

José L. Barreto-Rampolla , with whom Rivera, Barreto & Torres Marcano was on brief, for defendant Guillermo Venegas Lloveras.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

These are cross-appeals in a case involving copyright infringement. In 2001, appellant and cross-appellee Banco Popular de Puerto Rico ("BPPR") sought a declaratory judgment under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., after several music publishing companies contacted BPPR claiming that they owned and were owed royalties on various music compositions that BPPR had produced and distributed...

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