Legal Opinion
Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 2, 1982No. 81-2920PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Midway Manufacturing Co. (“Midway”) and Atari, Inc. (“Atari”) instituted this action against defendants-appellees North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp. (“North American”) and Park Magnavox Home Entertainment Center (“Park”) for copyright infringement of and unfair competition against their audiovisual game “PAC-MAN.” The district court denied plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, and this appeal followed, 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1).
I. FACTS
Atari and Midway own the exclusive United States rights in PAC-MAN under the…
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