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WMS Gaming, Inc.

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Seventh Circuit Reverses $2.67M Award to WMS Gaming, Orders Lower Court to Reassess Damages to Include All Profits of PartyGaming
This appeal involved a trademark infringement dispute between gaming companies. Opinion, p. 1. It began when WMS, sued WPC Productions Ltd. and its parent corporation, PartyGaming PLC (collectively, “PartyGaming” or “the defendants”), for PartyGaming’s unapologetic infringement of WMS’s registered trademarks JACKPOT PARTY and SUPER JACKPOT PARTY. By way of background,…
Date of ruling:
09/8/2008