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MIDWAY MFG. CO. v. ARTIC INTERN., INC.

No. 82-1607.

704 F.2d 1009 (1983)

MIDWAY MFG. CO., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARTIC INTERNATIONAL, INC., a New Jersey corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Kinney, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Eric C. Cohen, Fitch, Even, Tabin, Flannery & Welsh, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves questions regarding the scope of protection video games enjoy under the 1976 Copyright Act, 90 Stat. 2541, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.

Plaintiff manufactures video game machines. Inside these machines are printed circuit boards capable of causing images to appear on a television picture screen and sounds to emanate from a speaker when an electric current is passed through them. On the outside of each machine...

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