United States Ninth Circuit

In a copyright infringement action regarding an electronic bingo game, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed, where: 1) the District Court properly identified the unprotected elements of the game in instructing the jury, and 2) Plaintiff's illegal operation of the game did not preclude the recovery of statutory damages.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/20/2008
• Decided 04/02/2009
• Published 04/02/2009

Judges

• WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:, Before:  WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR. and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ray K. Harris, Esq., Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellants/appellees PC Onsite., Marvin A. Glazer, Esq., Cahill, Von Hellens & Glazer P.L.C., Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiffs-appellees/appellants Dream Games of Arizona, Inc.