- 11 - At all times during the manufacture of the video games in Puerto Rico, EAPR owned all materials and components, work in process inventory, and finished products relating to the video games that EA bought. EA bought from EAPR the video games in dispute in the instant cases. EAPR was not a sham corporation. C. Manufacturing Process Video games were manufactured in the leased space covered by the Lease, that is, the leased portion of the facilities owned by PPI in Santa Isabel. The following general steps were used in manufacturing these video games: The raw materials and components necessary for a production run were procured from the warehouse space covered by the Lease and placed in the production area as needed. The leads on various components for each video game (including capacitors, resistors, and integrated circuits) were formed (i.e., bent and cut, as required) using various types of formers. The formed components were then supplied to a “push- along” assembly line in which they were inserted, along with ROM chips and any batteries or other required components, into bare printed circuit boards. The circuit boards with the inserted items4 were then placed on the automatic conveyer in a wave solder machine, where flux 4We assume that that is what the parties mean by their stipulated--but undefined--term “populated boards”.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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