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153728P.pdf 11/01/2016 Warner Bros. Entertainment v. X One X Productions
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-3728
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Copyright. For the court's prior opinion in the matter, see
Warner Bros. Entm't, Inc. v. One X Productions, et al., 644 F.3d 584 (8th
Cir. 2011). Defendant's Seventh Amendment claim was not properly before
the court and would not be considered; claim that the district court's
$2.75 million statutory damages award was disproportionate to the offense,
insufficiently reasoned and in violation of this court's earlier decision
is rejected; neither the doctrine of judicial estoppel nor the principle
of judicial admissions barred plaintiff's trademark claims; the trademark
claims were not barred by Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp,
539 U.S. 23 (2003); defendant had waived the functionality and fair use
defenses to plaintiff's trademark claim; the issue of likelihood of
confusion does not always require a jury trial, and the district court did
not err in granting plaintiff summary judgment on the issue; challenges to
permanent injunction rejected.