M. Kramer Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Hugh Andrews, Tim Caldwell, Drew's Distributing, Inc., Drew's Distributing Co., and Lynch Enterprises, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1986-03-27

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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 o…

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