Mark Landsberg v. Scrabble Crossword Game Players, Inc. Selchow & Righter Co. And Crown Publishers, Mark Landsberg, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Crown Publishers, Inc. Selchow & Righter Co. And Scrabble Crossword Game Players, Inc., Cross-Appellees

736 F.2d 485 221 U.S.P.Q. 1140 , 1984 Copr.L.Dec. P 25,637 , 15 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 116 Mark LANDSBERG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCRABBLE CROSSWORD GAME PLAYERS, INC.; Selchow & Righter Co.; and Crown Publishers, Defendants-Appellants. Mark LANDSBERG, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC.; Selchow & Righter Co.; and Scrabble Crossword Game Players, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. Nos. 80-6083, 82-5467, 82-5504. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 8, 1983. Decided March 5, 1984. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc July 3, 1984. H. Michael Brucker, Oakland, Cal., for Landsberg. Walter D. Ames, Watson, Cole, Grindle & Watson, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before GOODWIN, TANG and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 Mark Landsberg recovered judgments of copyright infringement under California and federal law. Defendants appeal. I. FACTS 2 Landsberg developed a systematic strategy for playing Scrabble and became the acknowledged Scrabble champion of Southern…