Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.

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Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992) was a court case which established the rights of users to modify copyrighted works for their own use.

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Concurring Opinion Rymer

LEWIS GALOOB TOYS, INC., Plaintiff–Appellee,

v.

NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC., Defendant–Appellant.

NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC., Plaintiff–Appellant,

v.

LEWIS GALOOB TOYS, INC., Defendant–Appellee.

No. 91–16205.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Argued and Submitted March 12, 1992.

Decided May 21, 1992.

As Amended Aug. 5, 1992.

Thomas G. Gallatin, Jr., Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Before FARRIS and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and KENYON,^[1] District Judge.

↑ Honorable David V. Kenyon, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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[1] Honorable David V. Kenyon, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

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