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U.S. Patent No. 8,523,673: Vocally interactive video game mechanism for displaying recorded physical characteristics of a player in a virtual world and in a physical game space via one or more holographic images
U.S. Patent No. 8,523,673: Vocally interactive video game mechanism for displaying recorded physical characteristics of a player in a virtual world and in a physical game space via one or more holographic…
U.S. Patent No. 8,678,928: System and method to deliver video games
U.S. Patent No. 8,678,928: System and method to deliver video games Issued Mar. 25, 2014, to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. Summary: The ‘928 patent covers set-top boxes that rely on user…
Job Vacancy: Digital Image Rights and Reproduction Specialist
I don’t normally post job openings, but this one looked cool. The Smithsonian Institution is looking for someone that researches, negotiates, obtains, and documents licenses from copyright holders to use images of…
U.S. Patent No. 8,535,151: Multimedia-based video game distribution
U.S. Patent 8,535,151: Multimedia-based video game distribution Issued Sep. 17, 2013, to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. Summary: The ‘151 patent describes a system for selecting games from a content provider. A…
U.S. Patent No. 8,558,797: Video game processing apparatus and video game processing program
U.S. Patent No. 8,558,797: Video game processing apparatus and video game processing program Issued Oct. 15, 2013, to Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix Summary: The ‘797 patent describes a touch screen input for…
New Cases – Harmonix v. AI Automation (Rock Band 4)
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. and Mad Catz, Inc. v. AI Automation LLC District of Massachusetts, Case No. 15-CV-14138 Filed December 14, 2015 and AI Automation LLC v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Mad…
U.S. Patent No. 8,491,365: Sports video game with enhanced control features
U.S. Patent No. 8,491,365: Sports video game with enhanced control features Issued Jul. 23, 2013, to Nintendo Co., Ltd. Summary: The ‘365 patent applies to sports video games with battle game aspects.…
U.S. Patent No. 8,668,561: Video games including real-life attributes and/or fantasy settings
U.S. Patent No. 8,668,561: Video games including real-life attributes and/or fantasy settings Issued Mar. 11, 2014 Summary: The ‘561 patent applies to networked games, like fantasy sports. A storage medium, such as…
U.S. Patent No. 8,591,332: Video game video editor
U.S. Patent No. 8,591,332: Video game video editor Issued Nov. 26, 2013, to Activision Publishing, Inc. Summary: The ‘332 patent describes a method of recording in game footage and including information such…
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…
New Cases: Virtual Gaming Technologies v. Activision Blizzard. and Konami Gaming
Virtual Gaming Technologies, LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Konami Gaming, Inc. Eastern District of Texas, Cases No. 2-15-cv-02074 and 2-15-cv-02075 Filed December 14, 2015 Plaintiff Virtual Gaming accuses Activision, Konami, and…
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…
McRO v. Namco Bandai UPDATE: Oral Arguments at Federal Circuit
FEDERAL CIRCUIT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS IN MCRO V. NAMCO BANDAI: Will Patent-Eligibility of Computer Software Survive? By Ross A. Dannenberg In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice…
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…
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…