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No Doubt v. Activision Publishing, Inc.
No Doubt v. Activision Publishing, Inc. 192 Cal. App. 4th 1018 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011) In 2009 Activision formed an agreement with the band No Doubt to use some of their…
Case Update: No Doubt v. Activision Publishing Inc.
Activision has responded in federal court to a lawsuit originally filed in California state court by No Doubt over Activision’s use of the band’s likeness in “Band Hero.” According to Activision, the…
Activision’s First-Person Limbs and Hand-Held Object Model Patent
The makers of Call of Duty never miss a chance to iterate on that classic first-person shooter hand.
Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc.
Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc. 903 F.3d 1237 (Fed Cir. 2018) Back in September 2018, the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB decision to invalidate U.S. Patent Nos. 7,945,856, 8,082,501, and 8,145,988 because…
Activision loses data retrieval patent under 35 USC 101
Activision Publishing, Inc. v. xTV Networks LTD., et al. Central District of California CV 16-00737 Order dated July 25, 2016 On Monday, another patent fell to the great patent slayer – 35…
A Mark Against Activision?
Patent Compliance Group, Inc. v. Activision Publishing, Inc. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas Case No. 10-cv-00288, Filed February 12, 2010 Original Post: On June 1, 2010, PCG filed a notice…
Case: Romantics v. Activision (E.D.Mich) – Publicity
The re-performance of a song for use in a video game pursuant to a non-exclusive synchronization license does not, without more, violate the original artists’ right of publicity, even if the artists…
Lawsuit Update: Jury Finds No Copyright Infringement of Wrestler’s Poster in Black Ops 4 Poster
Lawsuit Update: Jury Finds No Copyright Infringement of Wrestler’s Poster in Black Ops 4 Poster Huffman v. Activision Publ’g, Inc.2:19-cv-00050Filed February 12, 2019 Professional wrestler Booker T. Huffman (“Huffman”), who wrestles as…
Jury to Decide if Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Image Infringes Wrestler’s Poster
Jury to Decide if Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Image Infringes Wrestler’s Poster Huffman v. Activision Publishing, Inc. Case No. 2:19-cv-00050 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas…
U.S. Patent no. 9,492,740: Remote and/or distributed equipping of video game characters
U.S. Patent no. 9,492,740: Remote and/or distributed equipping of video game characters Issued November 15, 2016 to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date June 7, 2012 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 9,492,740 (the ‘740…
U.S. Patent no. 10,029,177: System and method for a videogame with a secondary metagame
U.S. Patent no. 10,029,177: System and method for a videogame with a secondary metagame Issued July 24, 2018 to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date November 5, 2013 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,029,177…
U.S. Patent no. 10,322,351: Matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games
U.S. Patent no. 10,322,351: Matchmaking system and method for multiplayer video games Issued June 18, 2019 to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date July 3, 2014 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,322,351 (the ‘351…
U.S. Patent no. 10,315,119: Video game with concurrent processing of game-related physical objects
U.S. Patent no. 10,315,119: Video game with concurrent processing of game-related physical objects Issued June 11, 2019, to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date May 17, 2011 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,315,119 (the…
U.S. Patent no. 10,315,113: System and method for simulating gameplay of nonplayer characters distributed across networked end user devices
U.S. Patent no. 10,315,113: System and method for simulating gameplay of nonplayer characters distributed across networked end user devices Issued June 11, 2019 to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date May 14, 2015…
U.S. Patent no. 10,286,326: Soft reservation system and method for multiplayer video games
U.S. Patent no. 10,286,326: Soft reservation system and method for multiplayer video games Issued May 14, 2019, to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date July 3, 2014 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,286,326 (the…
U.S. Patent no. 10,286,314: System and method for providing continuous gameplay in a multiplayer video game through an unbounded gameplay session
U.S. Patent no. 10,286,314: System and method for providing continuous gameplay in a multiplayer video game through an unbounded gameplay session Issued May 14, 2019 to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date May…
U.S. Patent no. 10,272,346: Bounded competitions in a video game framework
U.S. Patent no. 10,272,346: Bounded competitions in a video game framework Issued April 30, 2019 to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date June 7, 2012 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,272,346 (the ‘346 Patent)…
U.S. Patent no. 10,252,163: Music video game with user directed sound generation
U.S. Patent no. 10,252,163: Music video game with user directed sound generation Issued April 9, 2019 to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date July 14, 2008 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 10,252,163 (the ‘163…
U.S. Patent No. 9,180,378: Conditional access to areas in a video game
U.S. Patent no. 9,180,378: Conditional access to areas in a video game Issued November 10, 2015, to Activision Publishing, Inc. Priority Date May 17, 2011 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 9,180,378 (the ‘378…
U.S. Patent No. 9,364,746: System and method configured to unlock content within a videogame
U.S. Patent No. 9,364,746: System and method configured to unlock content within a videogame Issued June 14, 2016, to Activision Publishing, Inc. Summary: This invention relates to how players can unlock new…