ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORP. v. WH-TV BROADCASTING

No. 04-1635, 04-1790.

395 F.3d 416 (2005)

ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. WH-TV BROADCASTING CORP., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Benjamin (argued), Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas F. Sax, Pedersen & Houpt, Chicago, IL, Gary L. Starkman (argued), McGuirewoods, Chicago, IL, Edgar Cartagena-Santiago (argued), Ramon Dapena, Goldman, Antonetti & Cardova, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael Dockerman (argued), Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for General Instrument Corp.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

WH-TV broadcasts a digital television signal in San Juan, Puerto Rico, competing with cable and direct-broadcast satellite services. Seeking to expand its business, it purchased set-top boxes from Zenith Electronics. These boxes, which broadcasters furnish to subscribers, convert the digital input into an analog output that TV sets can display. Boxes may have other functions, such as presenting a programming grid from which subscribers...

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