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Baby Murlocs and Work For Hire – Activision Blizzard fighting Appeal of Copyright Case
Amanda Lewis v. Activision Blizzard, Inc Ninth Circuit, Case No. 13-17391 Appeal Filed 11/21/2013 From NDCA Case No. 12-cv-01096 Back in November 2010, a former World of Warcraft game master sued Blizzard…
IPRs Instituted against Worlds Inc Patents, filed by Bungie
It has been a while since we wrote about Worlds, Inc. and their patents directed to receiving position information for avatars in virtual spaces. When we last wrote, it appeared as though…
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…
Appeal: Secure Axcess, LLC. v. Nintendo of America Inc.
Secure Axcess, LLC. v. Nintendo of America Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed December 2, 2015 Case No. 2015-1971 As you may recall from an earlier post,…
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…
Steam Under Fire – New Case: Ironburg Inventions v Valve (NDGA 2015)
Ironburg Inventions LTD vs. Valve Corp. Northern District of Georgia, Case No. 1-15-cv-04219 December 3, 2015 In a new case, patentee Ironburg Inventions accuses Valve of infringing two game controller patents with…
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…
Patent Arcade on the ABA Blawg 100
We are proud to announce that the Patent Arcade has been included in this year’s ABA Blawg 100 list of notable legal blawgs. The Blawg 100 includes only continually updated law blogs.…
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…
Second Screen Game Software Patent Survives Alice – Timeplay v Audience Entertainment
Timeplay, Inc. v. Audience Entertainment, LLC Central District of California Case No. CV 15-05202 Patentable subject matter under 35 USC 101 has become a primary issue in most patent cases since the…
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…
Historical Interlude: The Magnavox Co. v. Mattel, Inc.
An interesting story came across my email recently, and I wanted to share it with our readers, especially the attorneys who follow our blog. For those who don’t know, the Federal Circuit…
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.…