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MIDWAY MFG. CO. v. BANDAI-AMERICA, INC.

Civ. A. No. 81-3911.

546 F.Supp. 125 (1982)

MIDWAY MFG. CO., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff, v. BANDAI-AMERICA, INC., a New Jersey corporation, Bandai Company, Ltd., a Japanese corporation, Bandai Overseas Corporation, a Japanese corporation, Epoch Company Ltd., a New Jersey corporation, Epoch Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, Toys R. US, Inc., a California corporation, Lionel Leisure, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, Best Products, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and Lash-Tamaron Distributors, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Defendants. COLECO INDUSTRIES, INC., a Connecticut corporation, Plaintiff, v. BANDAI-AMERICA, INC., a New Jersey corporation, Bandai Company, Ltd., a Japanese corporation, Bandai Overseas Corporation, a Japanese corporation, Epoch Company Ltd., a Japanese corporation, and Epoch Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 22, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch by Gregory C. Parliman, Morristown, N. J., and Loeb & Loeb by Robert A. Meyer, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff Midway Mfg. Co.

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler by Frederic W. Yerman, New York City, for plaintiff Coleco Industries, Inc.

Carella, Byrne, Bain & Gilfillan, New York City by R. Gale Rhodes, Jr., Newark, N. J., for defendants Bandai-America, Inc., Bandai Overseas Corp., Bandai Co., Ltd. and Toys R. US, Inc.

OPINION

MEANOR, District Judge.

Technological advances and the incessant quest for new forms of leisure time amusement converge in the instant case to thrust this Court into the center of the current video game mania gripping the United States. Specifically, this case involves two of the most popular video games of all time, Pac-Man and Galaxian. Plaintiffs, Midway Manufacturing (Midway) and Coleco Industries (Coleco), manufacture and sell, respectively...

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