Legal Opinion
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
Decided March 27, 1986No. 84-1710PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a dispute over the right to manufacture and sell a computer video game — “Hi-Lo Double Up Joker Poker.” Essentially, the plaintiff claims that the defendants infringed the plaintiff’s copyright in the game by copying the computer program controlling the machinations of the video characters and by copying the audiovisual aspects of the game. In addition to its copyright infringement claim, the plaintiff asserts that the defendants falsely designated the origin of the defendants’ version of the game in violation of section 43(a) of the Federal…
2Cases cited74 opinions
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- Baker v. SeldenSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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