Legal Opinion
Western Publishing Co., Inc. v. MindGames, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 25, 1998No. 94-C-552, 94-C-998PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
This consolidated case currently is- set to begin trial on March 9,1998. Before we get to trial, however, a partial summary judgment motion brought by Western Publishing Company, Inc. must be addressed.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
A. General Background and Case History
In March 1988, G. Lawrence Blackwell III formed MindGames, Inc. to promote and sell a new board game he had created called Clever Endeavor. Clever Endeavor was MindGames’s first and only product. Blackwell believed the game would reach the popularity, of games like Pictionary, and Trivial…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Mindgames, Inc. v. Western Publishing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Mindgames, Inc. v. Western Publishing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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