Lawsuits
Hillside Licensing LLC v. Valve Corp
Hillside Licensing LLC v. Valve Corp United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Filed November 29, 2018, Case No. 2:18-cv-01717-BJR On November 29, 2018, Hillside Licensing LLC filed a…
CERT ALERT: Supreme Court to revisit scandalous trademarks (Iancu v. Brunetti)
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the federal government can refuse to grant legal protection to a trademark because officials find it to be vulgar or lewd. Taking up a…
McRo v. Namco Bandai Round 2
McRo Inc. v. Namco Bandai et al. United States District Court for the Central District of California Issued November 13, 2018, Case No: CV 12-10322-GW(FFMx) On November 13, 2018, the Central District…
Lawsuits filed against Epic and Take-Two over dance emotes
Ferguson v. Epic Games, Inc.United States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaFiled Dec. 5, 2018, CACD-2-18-cv-10110 Ferguson v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.United States District Court for the Central District of…
Blackbird Techs. v. Niantic, Inc.
Blackbird Techs. v. Niantic, Inc. United States District Court for the District of Delaware C.A. No. 17-cv-1810 (Del. Oct. 31, 2018) November 28, 2018 — Video game developer Niantic recently experienced a…
Pixar Prevails Under Alice in Patent Dispute
Coffelt v. NVIDIA Corporation Case number: 16-cv-00457 United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit Decided: March 15, 2017 Editor’s Note: We apologize for not reporting on this case sooner, but…
Epic Sues Two Streamers for Selling Cheat Tools
Epic Games, Inc. v. Lucas et al United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Civil Docket Number: 5:18-cv-00484-BO Epic Games is suing more individuals for cheating in Fortnite,…
Blizzard Entertainment v. Blizzard Sports Center
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. v. Blizzard Sports Center, Inc., et al Central District of California Civil Docket: 8:17-cv-01001-JVS-DFM Filed 06/09/2017 Decided 11/02/2018 On November 2, 2018, the U.S. District Court of the Central…
Nintendo wins $12 million judgment against ROM websites
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Mathias et al. United States District Court for the District of Arizona Case No. 2:18-cv-02282-SPL Final Judgement issued November 9, 2018 On November 9, 2018, the United…
ADC Technology v. Microsoft Corp.
ADC Technology Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et al United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case No. 2:08-cv-01579-RSM, Filed October 27, 2008 Decided: May 2, 2016 against Nintendo; November…
Motiva sues Sony, HTC, and Oculus for Patent Infringement
Motiva Patents, LLC v. Sony Corporation et al United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Docket Number: 9-18-cv-00180, filed October 3, 2018 & Motiva Patents, LLC v. HTC Corporation…
Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc.
Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc. 863 F.Supp.2d 394 United States District Court for the District of New Jersey May 30, 2012 We were recently talking among ourselves about copyright protection…
Nintendo Wins Against Real Life Mario Kart
Nintendo Wins Against Real Life Mario Kart It is being reported that Nintendo has won a lawsuit against a Tokyo go-kart rental service called Mari Mobility, previously MariCar. The Tokyo District Court…
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard – Case Update
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard United States District Court for the District of Delaware No. 1:16-cv-00453-RGA August 28, 2018 Case Update: Back in 2015 Acceleration Bay filed lawsuits against Activision Blizzard,…
PTAB finds Game and Technology’s Patent on Unit Pilots Unpatentable
Wargaming Group Limited v. Game and Technology Co., LTD. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Case IPR2017-01082 September 7, 2018 On September 7, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued…
Nintendo goes after ROMs
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Mathias et al United States District Court for the District of Arizona Case No. 2:18-cv-02282-SPL On July 19, 2018, Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit in the…
Grinch Parody ruled a Fair Use
Lombardo v. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P 279 F. Supp. 3d 497 (S.D.N.Y. 2017), aff’d, No. 17-2952-cv, 2018 WL 3323476 (2d Cir. 2018) On July 6, 2018, the Second Circuit upheld the Southern…
Conan Properties et al. v. Sanchez (EDNY) – Copyright in Characters
Conan Properties Int’l LLC et al. v. Ricardo Jove Sanchez United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Case No. 1:17-cv-00162-FB-RLM, Memorandum and Order of August 15, 2018 …
Atari sues Indy T-Shirt Websites
Atari Interactive, Inc. v. RedBubble, Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of California Docket No. 3-18-cv-03451, filed June 11, 2018 Atari Interactive, Inc. v. Zazzle, Inc. United States District…
Striking from the Shadows
Infernal Technology, LLC et al v. Crytek GmbH United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Docket No. 2-18-cv-00284, filed July 10, 2018 On July 10, 2018, Infernal Technology and Terminal Reality…