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Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc.
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc. Docket No. 1:15-cv-00282 U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Filed March 30, 2015 On March 30, 2015, Acceleration Bay filed suit against Electronic Arts for…
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. decided
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. United States District Court, Southern District of California Case No. 3:12-cv-00501, Filed February 28, 2012 On July 2, 2012, Plaintiff Gametek filed a notice of…
Case Closed: Spry Fox LLC v. Lolapps, Inc.
Spry Fox LLC v. Lolapps, Inc. Washington Western District Court Case Number: 2:2012cv00147 Following a court dismissal of LOLApp’s motion to dismiss, which included the court noting that copyright protection of video…
Cherdak v. Nintendo
Cherdak v. Nintendo of North America, Inc. United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia Case No. 2:15-cv-366 Filed August 14, 2015 Plaintiff Erik B. Cherdak is a pro se applicant who…
McRO v. Bandai – Appellate Oral Arguments
McRo, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc. Oral Arguments pending at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed October 27, 2014 Case No. 15-1080 This case was submitted…
1986 Case: Kramer Manufacturing v. Andrews
Kramer Manufacturing v. Andrews United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Decided February 6, 1986 783 F.2d 421 (4th Cir. 1986) Plaintiffs Kramer Manufacturing brought suit against defendants Andrews for…
1982 Case: Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc.
Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Civil Action No. 81-3911 Decided July 22, 1982 We are currently updating our site with…
1982 Case: Nintendo v. Elcon
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Elcon Industries, Inc. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division 564 F. Supp 937 Decided October 4, 1982 Plaintiff Nintendo (at the…
1983 Case: Williams Electronics v. Bally Manufacturing
Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Bally Mfg. Corp. 568 F. Supp. 1274 United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division Decided April 20, 1983 Plaintiff Williams Electronics, a manufacturer…
Nintendo Patent Application for New Gaming Device
On July 23, 2015, an international patent application (WO/2015/107747) was published for Nintendo. The WIPO application was filed by Nintendo back in October 2014. The application is entitled, “Information Processing System and…
Gearbox acquires Duke Nukem franchise
On August 19, 2015, Ars Technica reported that Gearbox Software finally acquired the Duke Nukem franchise from 3D Realms after a long legal battle that started in February 2014. Gearbox thought it…
U.S. Patent No. 7,654,903: Online gaming cheating prevention system and method
U.S. Patent No. 7,654,903: Online gaming cheating prevention system and method Issued Feb. 2, 2010 Summary: The ‘903 patent describes a system which observes players playing online for any signs of cheating.…
Decided: Secure Axcess, LLC. v. Nintendo of America Inc.
Secure Axcess, LLC. v. Nintendo of America Inc. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Filed July 7, 2014; Decided August 4, 2015 Case No. 2:14-cv-01013 Secure Axcess filed…
U.S. Patent No. 7,654,901: Video game system using bio-feedback devices
U.S. Patent No. 7,654,901: Video game system using bio-feedback devices Issued Feb. 2, 2010 Summary: The ‘901 patent describes a game system where a player puts on a headset which measures his…
U.S. Patent No. 7,637,815: Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game
U.S. Patent No. 7,637,815: Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game Issued Dec. 29, 2009, to Square Enix Summary: The ‘815 patent…
U.S. Patent No. 7,637,813: Video game device and video game program
U.S. Patent No. 7,637,813: Video game device and video game program Issued Dec. 29, 2009, to Nintendo Summary: The ‘813 patent describes a handheld game whereby the player controls his character by…
UPDATED: Promotional Technologies LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al.
Promotional Technologies LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. United States District Court, Northern District of Texas Case No. 3:11-cv-03488, Filed December 15, 2011 This case was terminated on October 25, 2013.…
U.S. Patent No. 7,637,806: Method for dynamic content generation in a role-playing game
U.S. Patent No. 7,637,806: Method for dynamic content generation in a role-playing game Issued Dec. 29, 2009, to Rampart Studios, LLC Summary: The ‘806 patent provides a system where NPC (non-playing characters)…
U.S. Patent No. 7,628,697: Game apparatus, game progressing method, program, and recording medium
U.S. Patent No. 7,628,697: Game apparatus, game progressing method, program, and recording medium Issued Dec. 8, 2009, to Square Enix Summary: The ‘697 patent describes a game apparatus where a character is…
U.S. Patent No. 7,632,186: Spectator mode for a game
U.S. Patent No. 7,632,186: Spectator mode for a game Issued Dec. 15, 2009, to Microsoft Summary: The ‘186 patent provides for a system which allows a player to observe other game…