Legal Opinion
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Sony Corp. of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1981No. Nos. 79-3683, 79-3735 and 79-3762PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, Universal City Studios, Inc. (Universal) and Walt Disney Productions (Disney), producers and copyright owners of audiovisual materials, some of which they choose to telecast over the public airwaves, brought this copyright infringement claim against Sony Corporation (Sony), the manufacturer of the Betamax, a videotape recorder (VTR), and Betamax tapes, Sony Corporation of America (Sonam) (the American distributor of the Betamax), four retail establishments that sell the Betamax, Doyle Dane Bernbach, Inc. (DDBI) (the advertising agency retained by Sonam to…
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