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Second Life ToS: Leave your patents at home
Ok, I’ve spent the better part of two evenings finishing the campaign mode in Halo 3, so it’s about time to come out of my self-induced Halo 3 fog. A colleague of…
Day of rest in honor of Halo 3
Hey everyone, I was on vacation last week, so there were no new posts last week. As for this week, in honor of Halo 3, there will be no post this week…
Free PDF Patents
If you’re looking for copies of patents, here are a few resources to help you out:1) The USPTO web site. Great for getting text searchable copies2) Google’s patent site. Great for searching…
Article: Film Sanitization Issues
I recently wrote a short article regarding Film Sanitization, the practice of removing objectionable content from a movie without the copyright owner’s consent. Groups remove the sex, violence, nudity, language, drug use,…
New Feature Added: Patent FAQs
People often ask the same introductory questions when they first start seeking patent advice and counsel, and are often concerned about getting billed for the attorney’s time just to learn the answers…
FEATURE: Patent FAQs
Have a question that is not covered here? Send us an email, and we’ll endeavor to keep this FAQ updated. Keep in mind that this is not legal advice, as each scenario…
Technical difficulties resolved.
Ok folks, the technical difficulties appear to be resolved (for now, at least). Sorry to anyone who had trouble with the RSS feed in the meantime… -Ross
Technical Difficulties
Hey everyone. Sorry we’ve been radio silent for a while. We’ve been having technical difficulties with our hosting service, and its taken some time to pinpoint the problem. We’ve identified the problem,…
FEATURE: IP Basics & Publications
Still trying to wrap your head around intellectual property? The following video game IP resources are provided for your use. Please keep in mind that all articles and publications are for informational…
Publication: Top Ten Video Game Patents
TOP TEN VIDEO GAME PATENTSby Ross Dannenberg & Steve Chang When the editors at Gamasutra asked us to prepare a list of the top ten video game patents, we initially thought “Hey,…
PATENT (Application): Sony’s motion-sensing input device
As you may recall, Sony lost a lawsuit for millions of dollars to Immersion regarding Sony’s use of vibration technology in its PlayStation 2 controllers. Sony subsequently announced that the PlayStation 3…
FEATURE: VIDEO GAME PATENTS
(Last Updated August 2, 2011) VIDEO GAME PATENTS We will endeavor to track and inform our readers regarding United States Patents (and various interesting foreign patents) directed to video games. Yes, we…
Update: Listing of Video Game Cases
Sorry for the radio silence, folks. I am pleased to report that we are continuing our efforts to update our listing of video game cases, and that case summaries for all cases…
Welcome to 2006 – New Patent Arcade logo
Well I have been a little slack about posting over the holidays. Hasn’t been much news or developments to keep up with in the past month, anyway. To start off the new…
Feature: Patent Arcade Comic
Thanks to Erin Mehlos, of Gamasutra.com, who drew the single frame comic at right. Thecomic is (c) 2005 Gamasutra.com
News: Feedback to our Video Game Patent article
Gamasutra has posted the responses to their Question of the Week, which they posed in conjunction with our article “It’s Just A Game Right? Top Mythconceptions On Patent Protection Of Video Games.”…
New Look for the Patent Arcade
We’re experiementing with new web site templates, so please bear with us as we undergo renovations…
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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…
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