Lawsuits
Case: Williams Elec. v. Artic Int’l (C) [ 3rd. Cir] 1982
Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Artic International, Inc., 685 F.2d 870, 215 USPQ 405 (3rd Cir. 1982) The game is Williams’ arcade game Defender, which many of us remember with fondness: Artic sold…
Update: Marvel v. NCSoft (C) (TM) [C.D. Cal.] 2005
MARVEL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al. v. NCSOFT CORPORATION, et al. No. CV 04-9253RGKPLAX. C.D. Cal. March 9, 2005. The case is in the early stages, and the present ruling is on a…
Case: Atari v. JS&A (C) [N.D. Ill.] 1983
ATARI, INC., Plaintiff, v. JS & A GROUP, INC., Defendant. 597 F.Supp. 5 (N.D. Ill. 1983) This appears to be the first case to analyze and consider 17 U.S.C. sec. 117, which…
Case: Atari v. North American Phillips Consumer Electronics (C) [7th Cir.] 1982
Atari, Inc. v. North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp., 672 F.2d 607 (7th Cir. 1982) In this early case regarding copyright protection of video games, the court addresses the issue of determining…
Case: Atari v. Amusement World (C) [D. Md.] 1981
ATARI, INC. v. AMUSEMENT WORLD, INC., 547 F.Supp. 222 (D. Md. Nov. 27, 1981). In one of the earliest video game cases, Atari, the holder of copyright in the arcade game “Asteroids,”…
History of Video Game Case Law – New Every Tues.!
As you may (or may not) be aware, there are well over 30 major cases that deal with intellectual property protection of video games, and that’s just patents and copyrights. We have…
Update: Hasbro v. RADgames (P, TM) [TrialCt] 2005
Well not exactly a video game… yet, but it might apply sometime in the future. Hasbro sued RADgames in the Southern District of New York back in February for RADgames’ add-on to…