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SKYCOM CORP. v. TELSTAR CORP.

No. 86-1206.

813 F.2d 810 (1987)

SKYCOM CORPORATION and Gerald M. Walters, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TELSTAR CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1987.

As Amended March 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Heffernan, Walter & Halling, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ralph V. Topinka, Quarles & Brady, Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Skycom Corp. and Telstar Corp. provide pay-TV services such as Home Box Office to customers by microwave transmissions, bypassing the cables often used to convey the signals. The assets of their line of business include the radio dishes needed to receive signals from satellites or local microwave repeaters, licenses from the FCC and local governments to set up transmission and reception equipment, and contracts with customers. Skycom operated...

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