Legal Opinion
Midway Mfg. Co. v. Dirkschneider
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided July 15, 1981No. Civ. 81-0-243PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
URBOM, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, Midway Manufacturing Co., is a manufacturer of coin-operated electronic video games. Midway has obtained copyright registrations on many of these games, including Galaxian, Pac-Man, and Rally-X. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants 1 are engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of video games which are virtually identical to the plaintiff’s Galaxian, Pac-Man and Rally-X games. The plaintiff contends that the conduct of the defendants infringes the plaintiff’s copyrights, violates the Lanham Act, and violates the Nebraska Deceptive…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Dataphase Systems, Inc. v. C L Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Wilma Virginia Ferguson v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Inc. v. Pussycat Cinema, Ltd. And Michael ZaffaranoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Durham Industries, Inc. v. Tomy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Squirtco, Cross-Appellee v. The Seven-Up Company, a Missouri Corporation and Seven-Up U.S.A., Inc., a Missouri Corporation, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by18 opinions
- M. Kramer Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Hugh Andrews, Tim Caldwell, Drew's Distributing, Inc., Drew's Distributing Co., and Lynch Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Artic International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Midway Mfg. Co., an Illinois Corporation v. Artic International, Inc., a New Jersey CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Atari Games Corporation v. Ralph Oman, Register of CopyrightsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- EF Johnson Co. v. Uniden Corp. of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
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