NEWS
Faco West
Faco
West enjoined
enjoined from
from
importing
Nintendo
importing Nintendo games
games
Faco West,
West Inc.,
Inc., was
was enjoined
enjoined June
June
Faco
by a
a federal
federal court
court in
in California
California from
from
4 4 by
importing video
games copyrighted
importing
video games
copyrighted
by Nintendo
Nintendo of
of America,
America, Inc.
Inc.
by
The injunction
injunction stems
stems from
from a
a suit
suit Nin-
Nin-
The
tendo of
of America
America filed
filed May
14 against
against
tendo
May 14
Registered trademarks
trademarks include
inclu de
Registered
Nintendo, VS
VS.-Pak,
VS.
Nintendo,
.- Pak, VS.
VS. Excitebike,
Excitebike, VS.
Duck Hunt,
Hunt VS.
VS. Baseball,
Baseball, and
and VS.
VS.
Duck
Hogan 's Alley.
Alley
Hogan's
Unregistered trademarks
trademarks include
·include
Unregistered
VS. System.
VS. Unisystem
VS. Dual-
VS.
System, VS.
Unisystem, . VS.
Dual-
VS. Hogan's
Hogan's Alley,
Alley; VS.
VS. Ice
system, VS.
system,
Ice
Climber. VS.
VS. Pinball,
Pinball, VS.
VS. Tennis,
Tennis. VS.
VS.
Climber,
Urban Champion,
Champion. VS.
VS. Wrecking
Wrecking
Urban
Crew, VS.
Mario Bros.,
Bros , VS.
Crew,
VS. Super
Super Mario
VS. Golt
Golf,
and
VS.
Ladies
Golf.
•
and VS. Ladies Golf.
and signed
signed 19
19 charter
charter members.
members. The
The
and
new
association
already
has
p
ublished
new association already has published
an eight-page
eight-page manual
manual entitled
entitled "How
"How
an
to Organize
Organize Dart
Dart Leagues:
Leagues: An
An Opera-
Op era-
to
tor Handbook."
Handbook. "
tor
The
associa tion has
has stated
stated its
its goals
g oals
The association
as follows:
follows:
as
blish a
set of
1. to
to esta
1.
establish
a uniform
uniform set
of dart-
dart-
league rules
rules and
and standards
standards and
and pro-
league
pro-
vide equal
equal competition
com petition opportunities,
opportunities,
vide
the annual
annual National
N ationa l
2. to
to sponsor
sponsor the
2.
Team Dart
Dart Tournament
Tou rnam ent the
the first
first week-
week-
Team
end in
in May,
May,
end
to recognize
recognize outstanding
outsta nding dart-
dart-
3. to
3.
playing perfo
r m ance of
of league
l e ague
playing
performance
players and
a nd stimulate
stimulate interest
interest and
and
players
participation in
in dart
dart leagues,
leagues.
participation
to expand
expand income
opportunities
4. to
4.
income opportunities
for AMOA
AMOA operators
operators and
and their
their dart-
dart-
for
Faco West
West and
and its
its owner,
owner, William
William B.
B.
Faco
Faith, charging
charging copyright
copyright infringe-
infringe-
Faith,
ment of
ment
of its
its VS
VS Excitebike
Excitebike game
game and
and
infringement of
of the
the Excitebike
Excitebike trade-
trade- AMOA
AMOA forms
forms dart
dart
infringement
mark. The
The suit
suit also
also alleges
alleges that
that Faco
Faco association
mark.
association
West violated
the Lanham
the
West
violated the
Lanham Act
Act and
and the
Genuine Goods
Exclusion Act,
Act both
both of
of
Genuine
Goods Exclusion
The Amusement
Amusement and
a nd Music
Music Opera-
Opera-
The
which pertain
goods importation.
which
pertain to
to goods
importation.
tors
Association
(AMOA)
has
formed
tors Association (AMOA) has formed
Nintendo filed
Nintendo
filed a
a motion
motion seeking
seeking the
the AMOA
AMOA National
N ational Dart
Dart Association
Association
the injunction
injunction May
May 19.
19.
the
Under
terms
of
the
injunction, Faco
Faco
Under terms of the injunction,
West may
neither import
Nintendo-
West
may neither
import Nintendo-
copyrighted games
games in
in any
any form
form nor
nor in
in
copyrighted
any way
way distribute
distribute any
any Nintendo
Nintendo
any
games "not
" not initially
games
initially sold
sold in
in the
the United
United
States
by
Nintendo."
The
company
States by Nintendo." The company
also is
is enjoined
from using
Nin-
also
enjoined from
using any
any Nin-
tendo "video-game
"video-game headers,
headers, artwork,
artwork,
tendo
or textual
textual material
or
material ...
... in
in any
any manner
manner
that infringes
on Nintendo's
Nintendo's rights
rights
that
infringes on
ISH
ENGL
under the
the copyright
copyright or
or trademark
trademark
under
laws." In
laws."
In addition,
addition, Faco
Faco West
West may
may not
not
use
any
registered
or
unregistered
use any registered or unregistered
Nintendo trademarks
"except in
Nintendo
trademarks "except
in con-
con-
nection with
with resale
in their
their original
original
nection
resale in
configuration and
and packaging
packaging of
of pro-
pro-
MAT
configuration
US
1 . Liste
listt
1.
ducts
originally
sold
by
Nintendo
in
ANG
ducts originally sold by Nintendo in
Narr
Nar
N1rr
the United
United States,
and except
except in
in adver-
adver-
Nam
the
States, and
callt
calle
tising of
of used
used complete
complete video-game
video-game
P.A.
tising
01
a a Da
units in
a manner
manner which
which accurately
Nurr
Nun
units
in a
accurately
describes them."
describes
them."
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2 . Got
~~ 0 1 1
Boai
Nintendo has
has cited
cited three
three categories
categories
Nintendo
yOUI
your
of ownership
ownership in
in the
the case:
case: Nintendo
Nintendo
of
~.
· w;n
3. 'Win
mat
mat
copyrighted works,
copyrighted
works, Nintendo
Nintendo regis-
regis-
con
sta
tered trademarks,
trademarks, and
tered
and Nintendo
Nintendo
a M
unregistered trademarks.
trademarks.
unregistered
Copyrighted works
works include
include VS.
VS.
Copyrighted
Baseball, VS.
VS. Duck
Baseball,
VS. Balloon
Balloon Fight
Fight, VS.
Duck
Hunt VS.
VS. Excitebike,
Exci tebike, VS.
VS.
Hunt,
VS. Golt
Golf, VS.
Ladies Golf,
Golt VS.
VS. Hogan's
Hogan 's Alley,
Alley; VS.
Ice
Ladies
VS. Ice
Climber, VS.
VS. Pinball,
'Pinball, VS.
VS. Tennis,
Tennis, VS.
VS.
Paul Beall.
president of
National Challenge
Challenge
Climber,
Paul
Beall, president
of Arachnid
Arachnid, . Inc
Inc., ., helps
helps Bullshooter
Bullshooter National
Urban
Champion,
VS.
Wrecking
singles winner
winner Tom
hoist the
Pac e was
was awarded
to go
Urban Champion, VS. Wrecking
singles
Tom Pace
Pace (right)
(right) hoist
the trophy
trophy Pace
awarded to
go
Crew, VS.
VS. Super
Super Mario
Mario Bros.,
Bros., and
and VS.
VS.
with
a
$2.000
cash
prize.
·
Crew,
with a $2,000 cash prize.
Clu Clu
Clu Land.
Land.
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PLAY METER,
METER, June
June 15,
15, 1986
1986
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