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Antitrust Problems In International Technology Transfers—United States V. Westinghouse Electric Corp., 648 F.2d 642 (9th Cir. 2981), Christina Marie Ager
Antitrust Problems In International Technology Transfers—United States V. Westinghouse Electric Corp., 648 F.2d 642 (9th Cir. 2981), Christina Marie Ager
Washington Law Review
In 1970 the Department of Justice brought an antitrust action against Westinghouse Electric Corporation and two Japanese corporations, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) (together Mitsubishi). The government alleged violations of section 1 of the Sherman Act. Since 1923 the defendants or their predecessors had a series of technology-sharing agreements under which Westinghouse granted licenses of its Japanese patents to Mitsubishi. It excluded its counterpart patents in the United States and Canada from the agreements. The government contended that Mitsubishi had become so dependent on Westinghouse technology because of the technology-sharing agreements that it could not …
Parallel Importation Of Trademarked Goods: A Comparative Analysis, Kaoru Takamatsu
Parallel Importation Of Trademarked Goods: A Comparative Analysis, Kaoru Takamatsu
Washington Law Review
This Article reviews how major countries and common markets, including the United States, Japan and the European Community, have dealt with the problem of parallel importation. It then suggests common criteria to solve this problem in each nation. It concludes that the proper results in parallel importation cases will be reached if the problem is analyzed in terms of the major functions of trademarks.
Copyright Law—Who Gets The Picture?—Universal City Studios, Inc., V. Sony Corp. Of America, 659 F.2d 963 (9th Cir. 1981), Cert. Granted, 50 U.S.L.W. 3982 (No. 81-1687), Debra A. Sitzberger
Copyright Law—Who Gets The Picture?—Universal City Studios, Inc., V. Sony Corp. Of America, 659 F.2d 963 (9th Cir. 1981), Cert. Granted, 50 U.S.L.W. 3982 (No. 81-1687), Debra A. Sitzberger
Washington Law Review
In Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Sony Corp. of America, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit defined the scope of copyright protection afforded audiovisual material broadcast on public airways. The plaintiffs, Universal City Studios, Inc. and Walt Disney Productions, Inc., produced and owned the copyrights to thirty-two publicly broadcast motion pictures. The case arose when the defendant recorded these movies for private use on a Sony "Betamax" brand home videotape recorder (VTR). The plaintiffs sued this defendant for direct copyright infringement. They also sued the manufacturer, distributor, advertiser, and retail sellers of the Betamax VTR for …