Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
704 F.2d 1009 (1983)
- Written by Mike Cicero , JD
Facts
Midway Manufacturing Company (Midway) (plaintiff) manufactured video-game machines, including those for its copyrighted Pac-Man and Galaxian games. Artic International, Inc. (Artic) (defendant) manufactured and sold printed circuit boards installable within Pac-Man and Galaxian video-game machines. Artic’s circuit boards sped up the rate of play of those games, specifically speeding up the rate at which images and sounds would change. The sounds themselves, however, were the same as the sounds for the original games. Midway sued Artic for copyright infringement and moved for a preliminary injunction. The district court granted Midway’s motion. Artic appealed. On appeal, the Seventh Circuit considered whether the speeded-up versions of Pac-Man and Galaxian were unauthorized derivative works that would subject Artic to liability for contributory copyright infringement.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Cummings, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 812,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,300 briefs, keyed to 988 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.
