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U.S. Patent No. 6,579,176: Computer-Based Growing Simulation Method and System
U.S. Patent No. 6,579,176: Computer-based growing simulation method and system Issued June 17, 2003, to Inventec Corp. Summary: The ‘176 patent describes a computer-based growing simulation system used in role-playing games.…
BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court nails Aereo’s coffin shut.
Not exactly a video game case, but important the world of Copyrights nonetheless. The decision everyone has been waiting for it out. Today the U.S. Supreme Court held that Aereo is equivalent…
U.S. Patent No. 6,604,008: Scoring Based Upon Goals Achieved and Subjective Elements
U.S. Patent No. 6,604,008: Scoring based upon goals achieved and subjective elements Issued: August 5, 2003 Assigned to: Microsoft Technology Licensing Priority Date: June 8, 2001 Summary: The ‘008 patent describes a…
Commentary: Alice v. CLS Bank
Patent Law Update June 20, 2014 Computer-Implemented Inventions: Ideas That Are Fundamental Truths And Generically Implemented Are Not Patent EligibleIn a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Thomas on June 19, 2014, the Court…
BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court strikes down patents that computerize an abstract idea
What do pornography and patents have in common? Read on to find out! Today the United States Supreme Court has held, in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank Int’l, that claims drawn to…
U.S. Patent No. 6,500,065: Image Displaying Method, Device, Storage Medium, and Game Machine for Basketball Based Game With Variable Shot Success Feature
U.S. Patent No. 6,500,065: Image displaying method, device, storage medium, and game machine for basketball based game with variable shot success feature Issued Dec. 31, 2002, to Konami Summary: The ‘065…
U.S. Patent No. 6,538,666: Image Processing Device Using Speech Recognition to Control a Displayed Object
U.S. Patent No. 6,538,666: Image processing device using speech recognition to control a displayed object Issued March 25, 2003, to Nintendo Co. Ltd. Summary: The ‘666 patent deals with speech recognition.…
U.S. Patent No. 6,558,257: Imaging Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method
U.S. Patent No. 6,558,257: Imaging processing apparatus and image processing method Issued May 6, 2003, to Sega Summary: The ‘257 patent describes a system which can be used in sports games…
U.S. Patent No. 6,491,585: Three-Dimensional Image Processing Apparatus With Enhanced Automatic and User Point of View Control
U.S. Patent No. 6,491,585: Three-dimensional image processing apparatus with enhanced automatic and user point of view control Issued December 10, 2002, to Nintendo Co. Ltd. Summary: The ‘585 patent describes a…
U.S. Patent No. 6,488,586: Recording medium and entertainment system
U.S. Patent No. 6,488,586: Recording medium and entertainment system Issued Dec. 3, 2002, to Sony Summary: The ‘586 patent describes a system used in role playing games where the player is…
U.S. Patent No. 6,475,083: Unlocking Secrets of Video Games
U.S. Patent No. 6,475,083: Unlocking secrets of video games Issued November 5, 2002, to Midway Amusement Games, LLC Summary: The ‘083 patent provides a method for enabling extra features of a…
U.S. Patent No. 6,428,414: Method for Representing Character, Storage Medium, Image Display Device, and Video Game Device
U.S. Patent No. 6,428,414: Method for representing character, storage medium, image display device, and video game device Issued Aug. 6, 2002, to Konami Summary: The ‘414 patent describes a method during…
U.S. Patent No. 6,425,827: Game Machine and Information Storage Medium
U.S. Patent No. 6,425,827: Game machine and information storage medium Issued July 30, 2002, to Namco Ltd. Summary: The ‘827 patent describes a game machine which can vary at least one…
POSITION AVAILABLE: Summer Intern 2014
If there are any law students out there looking for an internship, send me an email with your resume. We’re looking for some summer help with lawsuit research, patent research, writing of…
U.S. Patent No. 6,422,939: Storage medium for storing an application program for a car racing game
U.S. Patent No. 6,422,939: Storage medium for storing an application program for a car racing game Issued on July 23, 2002, to Genki Co., Ltd. Summary: The ‘939 patent provides for…
U.S. Patent No. 6,368,111: System and method for interactively simulating and discouraging drug use
U.S. Patent No. 6,368,111: System and method for interactively simulating and discouraging drug use Issued April 9, 2002 Summary: The ‘111 patent describes a system for interactively simulating and discouraging drug taking…
U.S. Patent No. 6,358,148: Control method, apparatus and carrier wave for difficulty in a video game
U.S. Patent No. 6,358,148: Control method, apparatus and carrier wave for difficulty in a video game Issued March 19, 2002, to Square Co., Ltd. Summary: The ‘148 patent provides methods for…
U.S. Patent No. 6,336,861: Game machine and information storage medium
U.S. Patent No. 6,336,861: Game machine and information storage medium Issued Jan. 8, 2002, to Namco, Ltd. Summary: The ‘861 patent provides a video game system where it encourages players…
U.S. Patent No. 6,579,173: Game score determination apparatus and method
U.S. Patent No. 6,579,173: Game score determination apparatus and method Issued June 17, 2003, to Sega Summary: The ‘173 patent describes a game where the player’s scores are calculated so as…
U.S. Patent No. 7,677,973: Securing virtual contracts with credit
U.S. Patent No. 7,677,973: Securing virtual contracts with credit Issued March 16, 2010, to Leviathan Entertainment, LLC Summary: The ‘973 patent is designed to help insure a player’s cooperation and…