sample="quota" bates="2062098111" isource="pm" decade="1990" class="ni" date="19900822" LAW OFFICES TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND ANTHONY B. DIEPENBROCK DIRKS B. FOSTER PAUL W. VAPNEK J. GEORG SEKA BRUCE W. SCHWAB GEORGE M. SCHWAB HENRY C BUNSOW ROBERT C. COLWELL JOHN W. SCHLICHER JAMES M. HESLIN GARY T. AKA CHARLES E. KRUEGER E. LYN PERRY ROBERT BARR ELLIOT B. ARONSON THEODORE G. BROWN, III G. HOPKINS GUY, III KENNETH A. WEBER ELLEN J. WISE VERNON A. NORVIEL SUSAN E. HOLLANDER RICHARD L. HUGHES MARC D. FOODMAN MARK L. PETTINARI EDWIN P. CHING BARBARA G. McCLUNG JOHN A. SMART JEANNE C. SUCHODOLSKI KEITH L. HARGROVE SUSAM M. SPAETH STEVEN P. KODA* CHARLES E. TOWNSEND, JR. JOHN L. McGANNON OF COUNSEL * NOT ADMITTED IN CALIFORNIA ALBERT J. HILLMAN THOMAS F. SMEGAL, JR. WILLIAM MICHAEL HYNES, P.C. ROGER L. COOK WARREN P. KUJAWA ROBERT J. BENNETT KENNETH R. ALLEN DAVID N. SLONE JAMES F. HANN M. HENRY HEINES WILLIAM M. SMITH MARK A. STEINER PAUL C. HAUGHEY KATHERINE SPELMAN GUY W. CHAMBERS JAMES A. DELANO RECEIVED PM TRADEMARK DEPARTMENT AUG 27 1990 JOHN A. HUGHES ELLEN LAUVER WEBER MICHAEL D. ROUNDS STEVEN W. PARMELEE WILLIAM J. BOHLER MICHAEL E. WOODS GERALD P. DODSON JONATHAN B. PENN CRAIG E. SHINNERS K. T. CHREIAN JEFFREY L. WENDT KEVIN L. BASTIAN JAMES H. MEADOWS DEXTER B. LOUIE A. JAMES ISBESTER PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS TWENTIETH FLOOR STEUART STREET TOWER ONE MARKET PLAZA SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105 (415) 543-5043 PALO ALTO OFFICE 379 LYTTON AVENUE PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA 94301 (415) 326 - 2400 PALO ALTO FAX (415) 326-2422 SEATTLE OFFICE 1201 THIRD AVENUE SUITE 2600 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (206) 467-9600 SEATTLE FAX (208) 623-6793 CHARLES E. TOWNSEND (1901-1944) STEPHEN S. TOWNSEND (1942-1986) WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER: August 22, 1990 ATARI Barry M. Krivisky, Esq. Assistant General Counsel-Trademarks PHILIP MORRIS MANAGEMENT CORP. 100 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 Re: Sega - Philip Morris Trademarks on ATARI Final Lap Video Game Our File No. 12632-1 Dear Barry I respectfully disagree with the conclusions expressed in your August 20, 1990 letter. I believe it is abundantly clear that "other video game(s)" refers and was intended to refer to only those games over which Sega, including Time Out, has actual control, i.e. Sega produced or distributed them. As you are aware, arcade owners, such as Time Out have no control over the content of the display of video games which they buy or lease from producers. In my view, it is totally unrealistic to believe that either Sega or Time Out has any responsibility for or could take any steps to cure the problem raised in your August 2, 1990 letter with respect to an Atari game. We do not represent Time Out and I again encourage you to raise whatever issues you see fit regarding this problem directly with the responsible party. Dirks B. Foster DBF:dlh cc: Thomas F. Fricke, Esq. dlh/c:\work\ltr\12632-1c.ltr