Nintendo reserved approval of third-party NES games and controlled cartridge manufacturing under its licensing system.

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"Nintendo reserved approval of third-party NES games and controlled cartridge manufacturing under its licensing system."

The Tengen licensing record shows Nintendo reserving the right to approve games, manufacture their cartridges, and sell those cartridges back to the publisher for distribution.

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Source title Atari Games Corporation and Tengen, Inc., Plaintiffs/cross-appellants, v. Nintendo of America, Inc., and Nintendo Co., Ltd.,defendants-appellants, 897 F.2d 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1990)

Source authors U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Source year 1990

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