Team Play, Inc. v. Boyer

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

This action involves disputed intellectual property rights and royalties in connection with video games played both in arcades and on personal computers. Plaintiffs Team Play, Inc. (“Team Play”), P & P Marketing, Inc. (“P & P”), and Cosmodog, Ltd. (“CMD”), Illinois corporations ( collectively, “plaintiffs”), are all engaged in one or more aspects of producing, marketing and selling video games. Plaintiffs sue Stephen W. Boyer d/b/a Skyboy Productions, a citizen and resident of California (“Boyer”) for a declaratory judgment that plaintiffs’…