Lawsuits
Case Update: CBC v. MLB
CBC v. MLB, E.D.Mo. (Aug. 8, 2006) For those that have been following this case, the District Court on Tuesday, August 8, 2006, ruled in favor of CBC fantasy sports, and completely…
Case: Davidson Assoc. v. Internet Gateway (8th Cir. 2006) [C]
Davidson & Associates, Inc. v. Internet Gateway __ F.3d. __ (8th Cir. 2006) Better known as Blizzard v. bnetd, this case curbs the development of new computer programs that interoperate with existing…
Case: Marvel Ent. v. NCSoft Corp. (Settled 2005)
Why Wolverine should never scratch his nose… Marvel Enterprises, Inc. et al. v. NCSoft Corporation, et al. (Headnote: subsequent to our previous posting on this case, the parties have settled…) Amid the…
Case Update: Lucent v. Microsoft (MS fires back!)
We previously reported that Lucent sued Microsoft, alleging that the Xbox 360 infringes one of Lucent’s patents. Earlier this week Microsoft filed a counterclaim, accusing Lucent of infringing various Microsoft patents, as…
Case: Ebay v. Mercexchange (2006) – Patents
Ebay Inc. v. Mercexchange LLC United States Supreme Court May 15, 2006 (Not exactly a video game case, but worth noting nonetheless, as it will apply to video game lawsuits.) Today the…
Case Update: Allison v. Crave Online Media
A case with an interesting copyright twist has settled, thus scuttling our chance to see how a court would rule regarding copyright in cheat codes. In Allison v. Crave Online Media, David…
Case Update: Lucent v. Microsoft
In a newly filed lawsuit, Lucent claims that the Xbox 360 infringes its patent on MPEG-2 decoding. At the center of the dispute is Patent No. 5,227,878, “Adaptive Coding and Decoding of…
Case Update: AVG v. Atari et al.
“Major U.S. game publisher and developer Atari has released the paperwork surrounding its latest financials, and embedded within the document is significant news on the firm’s $300,000 settlement of the American Video…
News: Banner & Witcoff Prevails in Video Game Copyright Case
B&W Wins Summary Judgment of No Copyright Infringement September 29, 2005 Banner & Witcoff is pleased to announce that a legal team representing prominent video-game manufacturers and developers–Team Play, Inc., P&P Marketing,…
News: Int’l Gamco v. Multimedia Games (PENDING)
From Form 10-Q, dated 5/10/05, as filed with the SEC. International Gamco, Inc. v. Multimedia Games (PENDING) S.D. Cal. International Gamco, Inc. International Gamco, Inc., or Gamco, claiming certain rights in United…
News: Sony and Immersion at it again…
As reported by the IP Law Bulletin, Sony and Immersion are back in court: Sony has accused Immersion of fraud, alleging the company withheld statements from the inventor of the technology in…
Case: JVW v. Interact (Fed. Cir. 2005) [P]
JVW Enterprises, Inc. v. Interact Accessories, Inc. __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2005) Interact Accessories Inc., a major video game accessories maker in the U.S., suffered a setback Monday after a lower…
Case: Roginsky v. Time Warner (M.D. Penn. 1997) [C]
Roginski v. Time Warner Interactive, Inc. 967 F.Supp. 821 (M.D. Penn. 1997) Plaintiff Paul A. Roginski (Roginski) filed a copyright infringement action against defendants Time Warner Interactive, Inc., Atari Games Corp. and…
Case: Nintendo v. Brown (9th Cir. 1996) [C,TM]
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Brown 94 F.3d 652 (9th Cir. 1996) This was largely an open and shut case, which only lasted as long as it did due to the…
Case: Interactive v. NTN (N.D. Cal. 1995) [C,TD]
Interactive Network, Inc. v. NTN Communications, Inc. 875 F.Supp. 1398 (N.D. Cal. 1995) NTN, the Defendant and Counterclaimant, is popularly known as the creator of “QB1,” an interactive game played in conjunction…
Update: Davidson & Associates v. Internet Gateway – Confirmed on Appeal
In a decision with ramifications for reverse engineering of software, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s decision to bar “add-on” technology being used to…
Case: Atari v. Sega (N.D. Cal. 1994) [P]
Atari Corp. v. Sega of America Inc. 869 F. Supp. 783 (N.D. Cal. 1994) Atari brought a motion for a preliminarily injunction against the manufacture and distribution of Sega’s games on the…
Case: Capcom v. Data East (N.D. Cal. 1994) [C]
Capcom U.S.A. Inc. v. Data East Corp. 1994 WL 1751482 (N.D. Cal. 1994) Capcom filed a motion for preliminary injunction to enjoin Data East from distributing the video game “Fighter’s History,” which…
Case: Midway v. Publ’s Int’l (N.D.Ill 1994) [C,TM]
Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Publications Int’l, Ltd. 1994 WL 188531 (N.D. Ill 1994) Thinking of writing a tell-all book of strategies for your favorite video game? You may want to think…
Case: Magnavox v. Activision (N.D. Cal. 1985) [P]
The Magnavox Co. v. Activision, Inc. 1985 WL 9469 (N.D. Cal. 1985) In a case of infringement involving one of the earliest video game patents, Magnavox asserted its exclusive licensing rights on…