Go-Video, Inc. v. Motion Picture Ass'n of America

977 F.2d 588 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. GO-VIDEO, INC., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Defendant, and Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.; Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; Sony Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-16039. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 20, 1992. Decided Oct. 9, 1992. Before WIGGINS, O'SCANNLAIN and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Go-Video appeals from the district court's judgment against it in this Sherman Act Section 1 antitrust case. We affirm. 3 * Go-Video holds a United States patent for a dual-deck video cassette recorder (VCR). To market its VCR, Go-Video had to negotiate a deal with the manufacturing defendants (appellees here) or their licensees because they control basic VCR patents. Although Go-Video commenced efforts to introduce its VCR during 1984, it did not obtain a supplier until June 1987.…