The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found on Wednesday that UMG may have violated California law by threatening to sue distributors of Rock River Communications Inc.’s Marley remix album. The panel reversed a summary judgment decision for UMG, remanding the case for trial.

Rock River attorney Donald Falk, a partner at Mayer Brown in Palo Alto, Calif., provided a formal statement: "We are pleased with the decision and look forward to presenting our case at trial."