Legal Opinion

Atari Games Corporation and Tengen, Inc., Plaintiffs/cross-Appellants v. Nintendo of America, Inc., and Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided April 3, 1990No. 89-1396, 89-1426PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NORGLE, District Judge.

Atari Games Corporation, (Atari) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Tengen Inc. (Ten-gen), have brought suit against Nintendo of America, Inc. and Nintendo Co., Ltd., (collectively Nintendo) for unfair competition and violations of section 2 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2 (1988), based upon alleged monopolization and attempted monopolization of the markets for home video game machines and home video games and game cartridges playable on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo has also brought suit against Atari and Tengen for alleged patent infringement,…

2Cases cited31 opinions

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