pcl (07/28/82)
>From the Chicago Tribune, 27 Jul 82:
"Mattel Co., the giant toy maker, has been found guilty of infringing on
a patent controlled by Magnavox Co. by marketing an electronic game.
U.S. District Court Judge George N. Leighton ruled in Chicago that
Mattel's Intellivision game was so similar to a Magnavox game called
Odyssey that the Odyssey patent was infringed. James T. Williams,
lawyer for Magnavox, said that Magnavox obtained the license to produce
Odyssey from Sanders Associates of Nashua, N.H., owners of the patent.
.... Leighton issued a verbal opinion Thursday after an eight-day
hearing. He said he would issue a written ruling later.