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New Case: New World IP LLC v. Zoo Publishing Inc. et al

 New World IP LLC v. Zoo Publishing Inc. et al United States District Court, Southern District of New York Case No.1:11-cv-02532, Filed on April 13, 2011 In April of 2011, New World brought…

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New Case: Paqits, LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc.

Paqits, LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 2:2012cv00013, Filed on January 11, 2012   Activision has been slapped with a patent infringement suit…

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New Case: Shared Memory Graphics, LLC v. Apple Inc.

Shared Memory Graphics, LLC v. Apple Inc. et al United States District Court,Northern District of California Case No. 3:10-cv-02475, Filed On June 4, 2010 In June of 2010, Shared Memory Graphics, LLC initiated a…

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New Case: Archie Comic Publications Inc. v. Penders

Archie Comic Publications Inc. v. Penders U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York Case No. 1:10-cv-08858, Filed On November 23, 2010 During November of 2010, Archie Comic Publications filed suit against Ken…

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New Case: RC3, Inc. v. Justin Bieber

  RC3, Inc. v. Justin Bieber United States District Court, Middle District of Florida Case No. 3:2012cv00193, Filed on February 24, 2012 A game about jousting beavers has apparently upset Justin Bieber…

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New Case: Promotional Technologies LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al

Promotional Technologies LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas Case No. 3:2011cv03488, Filed On December 15, 2011 In addition to the numerous other legal battles that Facebook has…

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New Case: Impulse Technology Ltd. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. et al

Impulse Technology Ltd. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. et al.   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Case No. 1:11-cv-02519 On November 11, 2011, Impulse Technology Ltd filed a complaint…

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New Case: Bethesda Softworks LLC v. Interplay Entertainment Corporation

  Bethesda Softworks LLC v. Interplay Entertainment Corporation United States District Court, D. Maryland Case No. 1:2009cv02357, Filed On September 8, 2009 Bethesda and Interplay reached a settlement agreement regarding the “Fallout”…

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Case Update: Friedrich v. Take Two Interactive (Ghost Rider)

Friedrich v. Marvel et al. U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Case No. 08-cv-01533 Case Update: May 2012 After 2 years of legal dispute between Gary Friedrich and Marvel, Marvel…

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Case Update: LottoTron, Inc. v. SBG Online Casino et. al.

Case Update: May 2012During August of 2011, US District Court Judge Stanley Chester granted the plaintiff’s motion for entry  of default judgment on the count of patent infringement.  The plaintiff’s requested an award of…

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Case Update: IA Labs v. Nintendo

IA Labs CA, LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al.  District of Maryland Civil case No.: 8:10-cv-00833-PJM. Case Update: May 2012 In March 2012, a Maryland District Court judge dismissed IA’s suit…

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Trademark Storm Brewing over iCloud

iCloud Communications LLC. v. Apple Inc.   United States District Court, District of Arizona   Case No. 11-cv-01158, Filed June 9, 2011 Case Update: May 2012 In September of 2011, iCloud Communications…

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Case Update: Thorner v. Sony

Thorner et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC et al U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (On appeal from the U.S. District court, District of New Jersey) Case No.…

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Case Update: Hasbro, Inc. v. Atari, S.A.

Hasbro, Inc. v. Infogrames Entertainment SA United States District Court, District of Rhode Island Case No. 09-cv-00610, Filed December 16, 2009 Case Update 05/24/2012: In August of 2011, Hasbro and Atari released…

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Case Update: Motiva v. Nintendo – Officially moved to Washington

Motiva LLC v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (originally Eastern District of Texas) Case No. 10-cv-349, Filed March 2, 2010 (originally November 10, 2008)…

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Microsoft Settles Infringement Suit Over Video Game Controller

Microsoft Corporation v Datel Design and Development Inc., et al U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington Case No. 2:2010cv02065, Filed On December 23, 2010 During December of 2011, a settlement was…

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New Case: 21 Gaming Companies Sued Over Virtual Currency Patent Infringement

Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al U.S. District for the Southern District of California   Case no. 3:12-cv-00501, Filed February 28,2012 Earlier this year, Gametek LLC filed several lawsuits in the…

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New Case: Guitar Apprentice v. Ubisoft

Case Update: July 2012: On July 5, Guitar Apprentice filed a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice that has ended litigation started earlier in April.  An order of dismissal was signed by…

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New Case: TQP v. Big Fish Games (E.D.Tex.)

This one has me a little perplexed. TQP Development sued Big Fish Games for patent infringement of USP 5,412,730. The ‘730 patent appears to cover a technique for sending encrypted data across…

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New Case: Worlds, Inc. v. Activision Blizzard

Well it looks like Worlds, Inc. is at it again, and today filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for patent infringement. Very few details right now, except that case was filed in…

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