ATARI, INC. v. NORTH AMERICAN, ETC.

No. 81-2920.

672 F.2d 607 (1982)

ATARI, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Midway Mfg. Co., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CORP., a Tennessee corporation, and Park Television, d/b/a Park Magnavox Home Entertainment Center, an Illinois partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel W. Vittum, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Theodore W. Anderson, Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Midway Manufacturing Co. ("Midway") and Atari, Inc. ("Atari") instituted this action against defendants-appellees North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp. ("North American") and Park Magnavox Home Entertainment Center ("Park") for copyright infringement of and unfair competition against their audiovisual game "PAC-MAN." The district court denied plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, and...

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