M. KRAMER MFG. CO., INC. v. ANDREWS

No. 84-1710.

783 F.2d 421 (1986)

M. KRAMER MANUFACTURING CO., INC., Appellant, v. Hugh ANDREWS, et al., Tim Caldwell, Drew's Distributing, Inc., Drew's Distributing Co., and Lynch Enterprises, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1986.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Bailey, Greenville, S.C., (Bailey & Hardaway, Greenville, S.C., on brief), for appellant.

Wellington M. Manning, Jr., Greenville, S.C., (Dority & Manning, Greenville, S.C., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


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...

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