Lawsuits
Fortnite “Running Man” Emote Lawsuit Against Epic Games Dismissed
Fortnite “Running Man” Emote Lawsuit Against Epic Games Dismissed Brantley et al v. Epic Games, Inc. et al Case No.: 8:19-cv-594-PWG United States District Court for the District of Maryland Filed February…
Ubisoft Alleges Rainbow Six Siege Infringement by Ejoy.com
Ubisoft Alleges Rainbow Six Siege Infringement by Ejoy.com Ubisoft Entm’t v. Ejoy.com Ltd. United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No: 20-cv-4419 Filed: May 15, 2020 On May…
PalTalk Heads to the Federal Circuit
PalTalk Heads to the Federal Circuit PalTalk Holdings Inc. v. Riot Games Inc. et al. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Case Nos.: 19-2035, 19-2036, 19-2037, and 19-2038 Filed…
Nintendo Escapes Digital Pre-Order Dispute in EU
Nintendo Escapes Digital Pre-Order Dispute in EU Nintendo’s digital pre-order policy has been found to not violate EU consumer rights laws. Following hearings in December 2019, the EU court dismissed the lawsuit…
Crytek Delays Launch of Lawsuit Against Star Citizen Devs Before Suddenly Settling
Crytek Delays Launch of Lawsuit Against Star Citizen Devs Before Suddenly Settling Crytek GMBH v. Cloud Imperium Games Corp. and Roberts Space Industries Corp., United States District Court for the Central District…
Hot Sauce Dismissed in New York Court
Hot Sauce Dismissed in New York Court Champion v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., Supreme Court of New York, New York County Decided May 10, 2019 Case No. 158429/2018 Celebrity entertainer Phillip “Hot…
Epic Sues Game Tester Over Trade Secret Breach
Epic Sues Game Tester Over Trade Secret Breach Epic Games, Inc. v. Ronald Sykes United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division Case No.: 5:19-cv-0476 Filed: October…
NBA 2K Avoids Tattoo Copyright Infringement in Three Ways
Solid Oak Sketches, LLC v. 2K Games, Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.Case Number 16-CV-724-LTS-SDAUnited States Court for the Southern District of New York Since Solid Oak Sketches, LLC (“Solid Oak”) filed…
Different Days for Different Places – Determining Timing in Agreements
In re: Supercell OyUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitCase No. 2020-113Filed March 17, 2020 In a case that highlights the sometimes important race to the courtroom and nuances of…
Pac-Man Owners Caught in Retro Game IP Maze
Pac-Man Owners Caught in Retro Game IP Maze Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. v. AtGames Holdings Ltd. et. al. United States District Court for the Northern District of California Case No. 5:19-cv-05898…
Bears Versus Yetis the Triple Town Copyright Infringement Case
Bears Versus Yetis the Triple Town Copyright Infringement Case Spry Fox LLC v. LOLApps Inc., United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2012 2012 WL 5290158 This case is…
No Fun and Games: Blizzard Alleges Infringement by JoyFun Inc.
No Fun and Games: Blizzard Alleges Infringement by JoyFun Inc. Blizzard Entertainment Inc. v. JoyFun Inc. Co. United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No. 8:19-cv-01582 Filed August…
False Start for Paparazzi in Copyright Suit
False Start for Paparazzi in Copyright Suit Xclusive-Lee Inc. v. Hadid, Case Number 1:19-cv-00520, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York A copyright infringement lawsuit against supermodel Gigi…
Angry Birds Sues Chicken Restaurant Over Trademark Dispute
Angry Birds Sues Chicken Restaurant Over Trademark Dispute Rovio Entertainment Ltd. v. Mary Mkhitaryan d/b/a Angry Birdz Chicken United States District Court for the Central District of California Case Number 2:13-cv-05401 Filed…
Real Property Dispute in a Virtual World
Real Property Dispute in a Virtual World Bragg v. Linden Research, Inc., 487 F.Supp.2d 593 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2007 In April 2006, Linden Research, Inc.…
The NCAA Blocks the Use of “March Madness” in Trademark Dispute
National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Kizzang LLC et al Case number 1:17-cv-00712 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Filed: March 8, 2017 (Editor’s Note: This is an old case,…
Capital C Infringement of Capitol Records
Capital C Infringement of Capitol Records EMI April Music Inc. v. 4MM Games, LLC, 2014 WL 1383468 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Memorandum Opinion and Order…
Riot Games Rioting Over Esports Team’s Trademark Infringement
Riot Games Rioting Over Esports Team’s Trademark Infringement Riot Games Inc. v. Riot Squad Esports LLC United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No. 2:19-cv-08626 Filed October 7,…
Capcom Wins Long-Running Patent Suit Against Koei Tecmo
Capcom Wins Long-Running Patent Suit Against Koei Tecmo On September 11, 2019, Japanese game developer Capcom announced that Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court ruled in favor of the developer in their patent…
Nintendo Continues Campaign Against Piracy
Nintendo Continues Campaign Against Piracy Nintendo of America Inc. v. Matthew Storman and John Does 1-10 United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed September 10, 2019 Case No.…