Legal Opinion
Micro Star v. Formgen, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1998No. 96-56426, 96-56433PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
Duke Nukem routinely vanquishes Octabrain and the Protozoid Slimer. But what about the dreaded Micro Star?
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FormGen Inc., GT Interactive Software Corp. and Apogee Software, Ltd. (collectively FormGen) made, distributed and own the rights to Duke Nukem 3D (D/N-3D), an immensely popular (and very cool) computer game. D/N-3D is played from the first-person perspective; the player assumes the personality and point of view of the title character, who is seen on the screen only as a pair of hands and an occasional boot, much as one might see oneself in real life without the…
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