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UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC. v. SONY CORP. OF AMERICA

No. CV 76-3520-F.

429 F.Supp. 407 (1977)

UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC., a corporation, dba Universal Television, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

March 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Kroft, Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Dean C. Dunlavey, Donald E. Sloan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Ambrose Doskow, Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & Cohen, New York City, for defendants Sony Corp. of America, Sony Corp., and Doyle Dane Bernbach, Inc.

Marshall A. Rutter, Warren G. Greene, Collins, Gregory & Rutter, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc., Associated Dry Goods Corp., Federated Dept. Stores, Inc., and Henry's Camera Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FERGUSON, District Judge.

This action arises out of the marketing of a new videotape recording machine called the Betamax. Plaintiffs, Universal City Studios, Inc. and Walt Disney Productions, allege that the Betamax is designed and distributed for the sole purpose of inducing purchasers of the machine to record television shows, including movies that they have produced. Defendants include the manufacturer (The Sony Corporation), the distributor...

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