Lawsuits
Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd.
Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd. 847 F.2d 255 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Decided: June 20, 1988 Vault Corporation was a manufacturer of floppy disks that…
ZeniMax Wins in VR Trade Secret Dispute
ZeniMax Media, Inc. v. Oculus VR, LLC United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Case No.: 3:14-cv-01849-K Filed: May 21, 2014 ZeniMax is the apparent victor in lawsuits relating to…
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Obviousness Ruling
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Obviousness Ruling Game and Technology Co. Ltd. v. Activision Blizzard Inc. et al. Case Number 18-1981 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, June 21, 2019 To…
Twitch Takes Action Against Trolls Amid Artifact’s Downfall
Twitch Takes Action Against Trolls Amid Artifact’s Downfall Twitch Interactive, Inc. v. John and Jane Does 1-100 United States District Court for the Northern District of California filed on June 14, 2019…
Parties Agree to Settle in Damion Perrine v. Sega of America
Damion Perrine v. Sega of America, Inc., et. al. U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. C: 13-1962 MEJ Case Dismissed: June 5, 2015 In April 2013, Damion Perrine filed…
Take-Two voluntarily dismisses its legal action against the Pinkertons
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations, Inc. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Filed January 11, 2019, NYSD-1-19-cv-00338 Dismissed: April 11, 2019 Case…
Supreme Court Upholds Scandalous Trademarks, Supports First Amendment
Supreme Court Upholds Scandalous Trademarks, Supports First Amendment Iancu v. Brunetti Supreme Court of the United States of America Case No. 18-302 Opinion June 24, 2019 On Monday, June 24, 2019, the…
Iron Maiden’s Trademark Test
Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd. v. 3D Realms Entertainment ApS Complaint Filed May 28, 2019 United States District Court Central District of California On May 28, 2019, the band Iron Maiden, through their…
Valve’s IPR Petitions Run Out of Steam
Valve Corp. v. Electronic Scripting Products IPR2019-00062 Decision Issued: April 2, 2019 On April 2, 2019, The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) declined Valve’s petition to institute an Inter…
SCOTUS issues ruling in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC 2019 WL 1005829 Decided: March 4, 2019 Supreme Court of the United States On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Fourth Estate…
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Perez
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Perez United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Case No: 1:18-cv-0765 (PKC) Filed August 22, 2018, Decided February 05, 2019. On February…
Take-Two & Epic file Motions to Dismiss
Ferguson v. Epic Games, Inc. United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed Dec. 5, 2018, CACD-2-18-cv-10110 Ferguson v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. United States District Court for the…
No Doubt v. Activision Publishing, Inc.
No Doubt v. Activision Publishing, Inc. 192 Cal. App. 4th 1018 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011) In 2009 Activision formed an agreement with the band No Doubt to use some of their…
Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc.
Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc. 903 F.3d 1237 (Fed Cir. 2018) Back in September 2018, the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB decision to invalidate U.S. Patent Nos. 7,945,856, 8,082,501, and 8,145,988 because…
Take-Two Interactive Software v. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations, Inc. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Filed January 11, 2019, NYSD-1-19-cv-00338 On January 11, 2019, Take-Two Interactive…
Supercell OY v. GREE, Inc.
Supercell OY v. GREE, Inc. PGR2018-00008 Filed November 7, 2017, Decided January 2, 2019 On January 2, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a final written decision in a post-grant…
Update – Bethesda settles with Warner Bros. over Westworld Game
Bethesda Softworks LLC v. Behaviour Interactive, Inc., et al United States District Court for the District of Maryland Docket No. 8:18-cv-01846-RWT, filed June 21, 2018 Back in June 2018, Bethesda Softworks filed…
Baker v. Epic Games
Baker v. Epic Games, Inc. United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed January 23, 2019, Case: 2:19-cv-00505 On January 23, 2019, James Baker, a.k.a. BlocBoy JB was…
Orange Shirt Kid is the latest viral dancer to sue Epic
Rachel McCumbers v. Epic Games, Inc. et al United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed January 11, 2019, CACD-2-19-cv-00260 Yet another person has filed a lawsuit against Epic…
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com LLC et al.
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com LLC et al.Supreme Court of the United States On January 8th, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Fourth Estate…