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A “Breakout” Case: Atari Games Corp. v. Oman
Atari Games Corp. v. Oman 979 F.2d 242 (D.C. Cir. 1992) I. Background In 1989, Atari brought an action against Ralph Oman, the Register of Copyrights at the time, that…
Modern Warfare Domain Name Dispute for Activision
On July 15, 2011, Activision filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum in an attempt to get control of the domain name www.modernwarfare3.com. The website, which uses visuals from Activision’s Modern…
BattleLore Copyright Infringement and Unfair Competition Suit
Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc. v. Puffin Software et al. U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota Case No. 11-cv-01928, Filed July 15, 2011 Fantasy Flight Publishing, owner of the war strategy board game…
New Case: Microsoft Sued Over Kinect and Motion Tracking Patent
Impulse Technology Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation et al U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Case No. 11-cv-00586, Filed July 1, 2011 Impulse Technology, an Ohio-based company, sued Microsoft Corp in Delaware…
No Good Comes of Messing with the Zohan
Robert W. Cabell v. Sony Entertainment Pictures, Inc. et al United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Case No. 10-2690-cv, Filed February 20, 2009 As comics often serve as…
New Case: Suit Filed Over Patent for Electronic Trading Cards
Wildcat Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC v. 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. et alU.S. District Court, Eastern District of TexasCase No. 11-cv-305, Filed July 1, 2011 Wildcat, a Plano, TX based intellectual property holdings company…
Online Farming (game) Dispute!
SocialApps LLC v Zynga Inc. et al U.S. District Court, Central District of California Case No. 11-cv-00919, Filed June 17, 2011 SocialApps, a California company that develops, posts, and maintains online social…
Case Update: Gametech v. Grand Vision Gaming (D. MT) [C]
GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL, INC., v. GRAND VISION GAMING, LLC, TIMOTHY CARSON, and MERLE FRANK, and JOHN DOES 1-10. United States District Court for the District of Montana Case No. 09-cv-00039 Case…
Achates v. Symantec
Achates Reference Publishing, Inc. v. Symantec Corporation et al. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Case No. 11-cv-00294, Filed June 20, 2011 Achates Publishing, a Texas enterprise, has sued…
Online Social Gaming Suits Abound
Zynga Inc. v. Vostu USA Inc. United States District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 3:11-cv-02959-MEJ, Filed June 16, 2011 Zynga, arguably the largest presence in online social gaming today (and…
Case Update: Keller v. Electronic Arts, Inc.
Keller et al. v. Electronic Arts, Inc. et al. U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 09-cv-1967 Case Update: When last we checked in on this case (02/08/2010),…
Case Update: Rubin v. Apple Inc.
Don Rubin v. Apple Inc. et al United States District Court for N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:09-cv-02607, Filed June 9, 2009 Case Update:After surviving Apple’s motion to dismiss, on September 8,…
EFF Files Amicus Brief in support of Datel in case against Microsoft
Datel Holdings Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation United States District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 2009-cv-05535, Filed November 20, 2009 Back in 2009, Microsoft issued a remote update that stopped third-party…
New Case: Deus Ex Preview Leaked
Square Enix Limited v. Does 1-15 U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington Case No. 11-cv-01045, Filed June 22, 2011 Square Enix has filed a new lawsuit against unknown Italian individuals who…
Nintendo Faces Suit over 3DS
Tomita Technologies USA LLC v. Nintendo Co. U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York Case No. 11-cv-04256, Filed June 22, 2011 A technology company based in Japan and the U.S. brought…
Case Update: Take-Two Interactive v. Apogee Software
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Apogee Software, Ltd. United States District Court for S.D.N.Y. Case No. 1:2009-cv-05054, Filed May 11, 2009 Case Update:This case was dismissed with prejudice on May 28, 2010,…
Case Update: Zynga Game Network v. Playdom
Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. Playdom, Inc. United States District Court for N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:09-cv-02748-EMC, Filed June 19, 2009 Case Update: This case was dismissed on November 18, 2010. On…
CASE UPDATE: Zynga v. John Does 1-5
Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. John Does 1-5 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 09-cv-02441, Filed June 2, 2009 Final Update: This case was voluntarily dismissed without…
Zynga files for $1B IPO
Anyone who thinks games aren’t big business, think again. Zynga today (July 1, 2011) filed for a $1 BILLION dollar IPO! Unlike many of its fellow much-buzzed-about Web upstarts, Zynga is solidly…
A Mark Against Activision?
Patent Compliance Group, Inc. v. Activision Publishing, Inc. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas Case No. 10-cv-00288, Filed February 12, 2010 Original Post: On June 1, 2010, PCG filed a notice…