Lawsuits
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. decided
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. United States District Court, Southern District of California Case No. 3:12-cv-00501, Filed February 28, 2012 On July 2, 2012, Plaintiff Gametek filed a notice of…
New Cases: Virtual Gaming Technologies v. Activision Blizzard. and Konami Gaming
Virtual Gaming Technologies, LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Konami Gaming, Inc. Eastern District of Texas, Cases No. 2-15-cv-02074 and 2-15-cv-02075 Filed December 14, 2015 Plaintiff Virtual Gaming accuses Activision, Konami, and…
Case Closed: Spry Fox LLC v. Lolapps, Inc.
Spry Fox LLC v. Lolapps, Inc. Washington Western District Court Case Number: 2:2012cv00147 Following a court dismissal of LOLApp’s motion to dismiss, which included the court noting that copyright protection of video…
McRO v. Namco Bandai UPDATE: Oral Arguments at Federal Circuit
FEDERAL CIRCUIT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS IN MCRO V. NAMCO BANDAI: Will Patent-Eligibility of Computer Software Survive? By Ross A. Dannenberg In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice…
Cherdak v. Nintendo
Cherdak v. Nintendo of North America, Inc. United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia Case No. 2:15-cv-366 Filed August 14, 2015 Plaintiff Erik B. Cherdak is a pro se applicant who…
Baby Murlocs and Work For Hire – Activision Blizzard fighting Appeal of Copyright Case
Amanda Lewis v. Activision Blizzard, Inc Ninth Circuit, Case No. 13-17391 Appeal Filed 11/21/2013 From NDCA Case No. 12-cv-01096 Back in November 2010, a former World of Warcraft game master sued Blizzard…
IPRs Instituted against Worlds Inc Patents, filed by Bungie
It has been a while since we wrote about Worlds, Inc. and their patents directed to receiving position information for avatars in virtual spaces. When we last wrote, it appeared as though…
McRO v. Bandai – Appellate Oral Arguments
McRo, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc. Oral Arguments pending at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed October 27, 2014 Case No. 15-1080 This case was submitted…
Appeal: Secure Axcess, LLC. v. Nintendo of America Inc.
Secure Axcess, LLC. v. Nintendo of America Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed December 2, 2015 Case No. 2015-1971 As you may recall from an earlier post,…
1986 Case: Kramer Manufacturing v. Andrews
Kramer Manufacturing v. Andrews United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Decided February 6, 1986 783 F.2d 421 (4th Cir. 1986) Plaintiffs Kramer Manufacturing brought suit against defendants Andrews for…
Steam Under Fire – New Case: Ironburg Inventions v Valve (NDGA 2015)
Ironburg Inventions LTD vs. Valve Corp. Northern District of Georgia, Case No. 1-15-cv-04219 December 3, 2015 In a new case, patentee Ironburg Inventions accuses Valve of infringing two game controller patents with…
1982 Case: Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc.
Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Civil Action No. 81-3911 Decided July 22, 1982 We are currently updating our site with…
1982 Case: Nintendo v. Elcon
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Elcon Industries, Inc. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division 564 F. Supp 937 Decided October 4, 1982 Plaintiff Nintendo (at the…
1983 Case: Williams Electronics v. Bally Manufacturing
Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Bally Mfg. Corp. 568 F. Supp. 1274 United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division Decided April 20, 1983 Plaintiff Williams Electronics, a manufacturer…
Second Screen Game Software Patent Survives Alice – Timeplay v Audience Entertainment
Timeplay, Inc. v. Audience Entertainment, LLC Central District of California Case No. CV 15-05202 Patentable subject matter under 35 USC 101 has become a primary issue in most patent cases since the…
Decided: Secure Axcess, LLC. v. Nintendo of America Inc.
Secure Axcess, LLC. v. Nintendo of America Inc. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Filed July 7, 2014; Decided August 4, 2015 Case No. 2:14-cv-01013 Secure Axcess filed…
Historical Interlude: The Magnavox Co. v. Mattel, Inc.
An interesting story came across my email recently, and I wanted to share it with our readers, especially the attorneys who follow our blog. For those who don’t know, the Federal Circuit…
UPDATED: Promotional Technologies LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al.
Promotional Technologies LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. United States District Court, Northern District of Texas Case No. 3:11-cv-03488, Filed December 15, 2011 This case was terminated on October 25, 2013.…
“Happy Birthday to You” in public domain
Good Morning to You Productions Corp., a production company working on a documentary about the song, sued Warner Chappel Music in New York federal court in June 2013, claiming that “Happy Birthday…
Graffiti Artist Sues Jeremy Scott and Moschino
Tierney v. Moschino United States District Court, Central District of California Case No. 2:15-cv-05900 Filed August 5, 2015 While not exactly a video game case, we thought our readers might find…