Lawsuits
Appeal Update: Fenner Investments Ltd. v. Microsoft et al.
Fenner Investments Ltd. v. Microsoft et al., the case regarding U.S. Patent No. 6,297,751 for a “low-voltage joystick port interface,” is being appealed to the Federal Circuit. On July 15, 2009,…
Case Dismissed: IQ Biometrix v. Perfect World Entertainment
IQ Biometrix, Inc. v. Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. et al. United States District Court for N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division Case No.: 1:09-cv-03180, Filed May 27, 2009 We previously wrote…
Case Settled: Yahoo v. NFL Players Association
Yahoo! Inc. v. Nat’l Football League Players Association, Inc. et al. United States District Court for D. Minn. Case No.: 0:09-cv-01272-PJS-FLN, Filed June 1, 2009 On July 7,…
Case Analysis: Hernandez v. IGE
Hernandez v. Internet Gaming Entertainment, LTD. United States District Court for S.D. Fla. Case No. 1:07-CIV-21403-JIC, Filed May 31, 2007, Settled August 26, 2008 Much like Blizzard v. In Game Dollar, this…
Case Analysis: Blizzard Entertainment v. In Game Dollar
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. v. In Game Dollar, LLC United States District Court for C.D. Cal. Case No. SACV07-0589-JVS, Filed May 22, 2007, Settled January 28, 2008 On May 22, 2007, Blizzard Entertainment,…
Case Analysis: Sitrick v. DreamWorks
Sitrick v. DreamWorks, LLC et al. 516 F.3d 993 (Fed. Cir. 2008) This case, decided February 1, 2008, emphasizes the importance of enablement in determining the validity of patent claims, specifically…
Case Update: Fenner Investments v. Microsoft
Fenner Investments, Ltd. v. Microsoft et al. United States District Court for E.D. Tex. Filed 1/5/07, Decided 3/16/09 (Opinion issued 6/3/09) Background This case revolved around Fenner Investment’s U.S. Patent No. 6,297,751,…
New Case: Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. John Does 1-5
Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. John Does 1-5 United States District Court for N.D. Cal. Case No.: 3:09-cv-02441-CRB, Filed 6/2/09 Zynga Game Network, whose settlement with CLZ Concepts we just commented…
Case Update: Fenner Investments v. Microsoft et al.
Fenner Investments Ltd. v. Microsoft et al. United States District Court for E.D. Tex. Filed 1/5/07 As you may recall this case consisted of a claim by Fenner that defendants had…
Case Settled: Zynga v. CLZ Concepts (Filed 2/27/09, N.D. Cal.)
Zynga Game Network had filed suit on February 27, 2009 against CLZ Concepts, Jeff Chen and James Zhang asserting copyright infringement. Yesterday a settlement conference was held, and the parties appear to…
News: Worlds.com patent invalid???
Article One Partners is a company that offers rewards to people for finding prior art that can be used to try to invalidate patents, and Article One is willing to pay serious…
New Case: Yahoo! Inc. v. National Football League Players Association, Inc. et al.
Yahoo! Inc. v. Nat’l Football League Players Association, Inc. et al. United States District Court for D. Minn. Case No.: 0:09-cv-01272-PJS-FLN, Filed June 1, 2009 Continuing the trend of fantasy sports…
New Case: IQ Biometrix, Inc. v. Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. et al.
IQ Biometrix, Inc. v. Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. et al. United States District Court for N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division Case No.: 1:09-cv-03180, Filed May 27, 2009 IQ Biometrix, Inc. on May 27,…
CASE UPDATE: Paltalk v. Microsoft
Online chat company Paltalk Holdings, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation have formally dismissed the patent suit between them in the Eastern District of Texas. In the suit, Paltalk alleged that the chat and…
New Case: Keller v. Electronic Arts [Publicity]
Samuel Michael Keller v. Electronic Arts inc. et al. case number 09-cv-1967 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California From Law360: Law360, New York (May 06, 2009) — A former…
Case Update: Taser v Linden Research
In an interesting twist, Taser International voluntarily dismissed this case before Linden even answered the complaint. Taser filed a Notice of Voluntary Case Dismissal on May 5, 2009. Because Linden never filed…
New Case: Taser v. Linden Research [T]
I’m short on time today, but Bloomberg reported a new lawsuit filed by Taser against Second Life (via its parent Linden Research Inc.). No sense in recreating the wheel, and Virtual World…
Case Update: Worlds.com asserts second patent
Sorry for the delay on this, but on March 23, 2009, Worlds Inc. amended its complaint in the lawsuit against NCSoft to assert a second patent. The lawsuit now involves both of…
CASE SETTLED: Activision v. Gibson [P]
Not surprising in view of the court’s claim construction that heavily favored Activision, it appears that Gibson and Activision have settled this case. Judge Pfaelzer of the District Court for the Central…
Case Update: Worlds.com v. NCSoft
You may recall that Worlds.com sued NCSoft last Christmas Eve in the Eastern District of Texas. In an interesting development, the case has been transferred to the Northern District of California. On…