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Article: Nintendo sues Galoob over 'Game Genie;' lawsuit claims Nintendo's intellectual property rights infringed. (Nintendo of America Inc., Lewis Galoob Toys Inc.)

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June 1, 1990
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NINTENDO SUES GALOOB OVER 'GAME GENIE';

LAWSUIT CLAIMS NINTENDO'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INFRINGED

REDMOND, Wash., May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Nintendo of America Inc. announced today that it filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco against Lewis Galoob Toys Inc. of South San Francisco, for copyright infringement. The suit claims a new Galoob product called Game Genie, which is designed for play with a Nintendo (R) home video game system, creates 'derivative' works of Nintendo copyrighted video games, in violation of U.S. law.

Galoob's Game Genie is connected to a Nintendo video game cartridge and inserted into a Nintendo ...

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