Lawsuits
Apple Intervenes in App Patent Suit
Lodsys LLC. V. Combay Inc. et al. United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 11-cv-00272, Filed May 31, 2011 Seven developers of iPhone applications, including the developers of games…
TTAB Affirms Disney’s Rights in “Pooh” Trademarks
Stephen Slesinger Inc. v. Disney Enterprises Inc. USPTO, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board No. 91179064, June 8, 2011 A panel of judges at the TTAB has ruled that a former licensee…
Case Update: Hillcrest v. Nintendo
Hillcrest Laboratories Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al United States District Court, District of Maryland Case No. 8:08-cv-02188-RWT, Filed August 20, 2008 Case Update: On September 24, 2009, the parties submitted…
Case Update: ADC Technology v. Microsoft et al
ADC Technology Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et al United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case No. 2:08-cv-01579-RSM, Filed October 27, 2008 Case Update: On July 9, 2009, ADC…
Case Udate: Beneficial Innovations v. Blockdot (E.D.Tex.)
Beneficial Innovations Inc. v. Blockdot Inc. et al United States District Court, Eastern District of TexasCase No. 2-07CV-263, Filed June 20, 2007 Case Update: This case was well on its way to…
Case Update: PPC v. Sony (E.D.Tex, filed 7/26/07)
Parallel Processing Corporation v. Sony Corporation of America United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 07-353, Filed July 26, 2007 Case Update: This case was dismissed without prejudice on…
Case Update: WizKids v. WOTC (W.D. Wa)
WizKids Inc. v. Wizards of the Coast Inc. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case No. 2:07-cv-00809-MJP, Filed May 25, 2007 Case Update: This case was dismissed with…
Case Update: Hochstein v. Microsoft
Hochstein et al. v. Microsoft et al. United States District Court for E.D. Mich. Case No. 04-cv-73071, Filed August 11, 2004 Case Update: After 6 long years of litigation, Hochstein’s case against…
News: Forterra Systems sues Avatar Factory
Forterra Systems, Inc. v. Avatar Factory case 5:05-cv-04472-PVT, N.D. Cal Case Update: Following a confidential settlement by the parties, this case was dismissed with prejudice on January 17, 2008. Original Post: Forterra…
News: Nintendo has a Wii patent problem
Case Update: This case is now closed. On March 7, 2007, plaintiff Interlink filed a voluntary dismissal of the case under FRCP 41(a) 1. Specifically this allows for the plaintiff to dismiss…
Update: Freedom Wave v. Mad Catz et al. (P) [C.D. Cal.] 2005
Freedom Wave LLC v. Mad Catz Inc. et al., CV 2:05-cv-02954 (C.D. Cal. 2005) Technology at issue: Wireless game controllers Case Update: This case is now closed. In July of 2005 the…
Update: MP Games v. Shuffle Master (W.D Wash) [P]
MP Games LLC et al. v. Shuffle Master, Inc. Case 2:05-cv-01017 (W.D.Wash., filed 6/6/05) Case Update: Pursuant to an agreement between the parties this case was dismissed with prejudice on October 10,…
The Learning Company sues Zynga for use of “Oregon Trail”
The Learning Company v. Zynga Inc. United States District court for the District of Massachusetts Case No. 11-cv-10894, Filed June 07, 2011 The Learning Company (TLC), creators of the popular computer game…
Case: Microsoft v. i4i – SUPREME COURT DECISION
The long awaited decision in Microsoft v. i4i is out. In short, on June 9, 2011, the United States Supreme Court did a surprising thing: it affirmed! The Supreme Court did not…
Case Update: Innovention Toys vs. MGA Entertainment
This lawsuit has seen a lot of action recently. As previously reported, Innovention Toys LLC (“Innovention”) filed suit against MGA Entertainment Inc., and the retailer defendants (collectively “MGA”), for allegedly infringing U.S.…
Creative Kingdoms Aims Wand at Nintendo
Creative Kingdoms, makers of the MagiQuest live-action role-playing game, has filed a complaint at the International Trade Commission (ITC) against Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc., asking the ITC to…
Pirates attack… oh wait… you mean REAL pirates???
It used to be that headlines like this referred to people pirating music, software, or video games. Kind of funny that this headline once again refers to REAL pirates. Not the kind…
Activision Blizzard and Zynga Targeted in New Patent Suit by Walker Digital
Walker Digital, LLC, a self-professed “invention” company who claims to hold over 500 patents, has filed suit against Activision, Inc., Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Zynga, Inc. In the complaint, Walker Digital alleges…
9th Circuit Rules in MDY v. Blizzard
A panel of the 9th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s 2009 injunction barring the distribution of the Glider computer program that automatically plays the lower levels of World of Warcraft.…
Motiva Opens New Case Against Nintendo in the ITC
As we last reported here, Motiva LLC has previously accused Nintendo Co., Ltd of infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,292,151 (‘151 Patent). The ‘151 Patent, entitled “Human Movement Measurement System,” is generally directed…