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Article: NINTENDO LOSES COPYRIGHT SUIT.(Business)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 6, 1991
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Byline: Martha Groves Los Angeles Times
Lewis Galoob Toys Inc., battling a string of quarterly losses caused by sluggish sales, claimed victory Friday in a year-old copyright infringement case brought by Nintendo of America Inc., the giant video game marketer.
U.S. District Judge Fern Smith in San Francisco alerted company officials late Wednesday that she would allow the company to resume making and selling Game Genie, Galoob officials said. Game Genie is a so-called video game enhancer that connects to Nintendo cartridges and allows users to customize their play.
Nintendo, which expects U.S. retail sales of its systems and games to hit $4 ...