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Apple v Samsung Oral Args at Supreme Court
For those following the Apple v. Samsung design patent wars, here’s a good synopsis of the oral arguments that were held this morning at the United States Supreme Court. If the link…
Lindsay Lohan’s Grand Theft Auto Suit Dismissed
Lindsay Lohan v. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., 156443/2014, New York State Supreme Court, New York County (Manhattan). In 2014 actress Lindsay Lohan filed suit against Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. claiming that the…
CASE UPDATE: Oaklawn Jockey Club Inc. et al. v. Kentucky Downs LLC et al., case number 16-5582, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Oaklawn Jockey Club Inc. et al. v. Kentucky Downs LLC et al. Case No. 16-5582, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit In their recent brief Appellees Kentucky Downs, LLC…
Software Patent Update: Why McRO matters.
We posted Tuesday about the McRO case, and here is some more commentary for consideration, which we posted on our firm’s web site, too. One very notable point is that different from…
Case Update: McRo Inc. v. Namco Bandai et al. – Reversed on Appeal
MCRO, INC. v. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA INC., at al. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Cases 2015-1080, -1081, -1082, -1083, -1084, -1085, -1086, -1087, -1088, -1089, -1090, -1092, -1093,…
BREAKING NEWS: McRO REVERSED on appeal…
This just in. McRO was reversed on appeal. Decision is here. More to follow.
Guest Post: EU Games Law Special – Keyselling
From Konstantin Ewald & Felix Hilgert of Osborne Clarke: Another year, another gamescom… This time, one of the hot topics we discussed a lot in individual meetings and at the VGBA European Summit…
No Man’s patent problem?
There’s an interesting article in Law360 today about a potential patent dispute surrounding No Man’s Sky and the so-call Superformula. From the article, and of interest to our readers: Many video games…
Ed Sheeran sued for copyright infringement…. again.
As previously reported, Ed Sheeran was sued back in June for copyright infringement. Well either the sharks smell blood, or perhaps there’s something in the water, but be’s been sued again based…
Activision loses data retrieval patent under 35 USC 101
Activision Publishing, Inc. v. xTV Networks LTD., et al. Central District of California CV 16-00737 Order dated July 25, 2016 On Monday, another patent fell to the great patent slayer – 35…
Cool cover art needed for book
As many of you know, we are working on the Second Edition of the American Bar Association’s Legal Guide to Video Game Development. It’s scheduled for publication later this fall, and we…
SUPREME COURT: KIRTSAENG V. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. – Attorney Fees in Copyright Cases
U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN KIRTSAENG V. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. By Rajit Kapur Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., No. 15-375, that it is appropriate…
Listen for Yourself: Ed Sheeran sued for copyright infringement over “Photograph”
This isn’t video game related, but music copyright cases always interest me. First, the details, from Law360: New York (June 8, 2016, 8:14 PM ET) — British singer Ed Sheeran violated U.S.…
Have you tried our iOS app?
Just a reminder to our readers that the link to your right for the iOS App Store will take you to our actual and very real Patent Arcade Patent Search app available for…
White Knuckle Gaming v. Electronic Arts – EA shoots… and scores!
White Knuckle Gaming v. Electronic Arts Case number 1:15-cv-00150 U.S. District Court for the District of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah. June 2, 2016. U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish granted Electronic…
Atari Games Corp. v. Oman, 979 F. (2d) 242 (Cir DC 1992)
Atari Games Corp. v. Oman 979 F. (2d) 242 (DC Cir. 1992) This case dealt with the copyright status of video games, particularly whether video games are eligible for registration. Atari Games…
HUGE win for Google in Oracle API case.
From Law360: Google won a high-profile jury verdict Thursday that its use of Oracle’s copyrighted Java software code in its Android mobile operating system was protected by the fair use doctrine, clearing…
Shameless Plug: That Frog on Kickstarter
That Frog is a casual mobile game being developed by Pixabits with the help of students at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Game development is about 1/3 complete, and they are…
Martin O’Donnell v. Harold Ryan
O’Donnell v. Ryan Case No. 14-2-12439-2 SEA Superior Court of Washington for King County On April 11, 2014, Martin O’Donnell’s employment was terminated by Bungie’s board of directors. O’Donnell had been a…
U.S. Patent No. 8,535,153: Video game system and methods of operating a video game
U.S. Patent No. 8,535,153: Video game system and methods of operating a video game Issued Sep. 17, 2013 Summary: The ‘153 patent deals with video game systems with two forms of media.…