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GTLD Application Reveal: List of applicants announced
By Richard S. Stockton and Victoria R. M. Webb The application period for new generic top level domains (which will supplement existing gTLDs like “.com”) closed on May 30, 2012. On June…
U.S. Patent No. 5,310,192: Shooting Game and External Storage Used Therefor
U.S. Patent No. 5,310,192: Shooting Game and External Storage Used Therefor Issued May 10, 1994, to Nintendo Co. Ltd. Summary: The ‘192 patent describes a shooting game system for shooting targets.…
New Case: Bethesda Softworks LLC v. Interplay Entertainment Corporation
Bethesda Softworks LLC v. Interplay Entertainment Corporation United States District Court, D. Maryland Case No. 1:2009cv02357, Filed On September 8, 2009 Bethesda and Interplay reached a settlement agreement regarding the “Fallout”…
Case Update: Friedrich v. Take Two Interactive (Ghost Rider)
Friedrich v. Marvel et al. U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Case No. 08-cv-01533 Case Update: May 2012 After 2 years of legal dispute between Gary Friedrich and Marvel, Marvel…
Case Update: LottoTron, Inc. v. SBG Online Casino et. al.
Case Update: May 2012During August of 2011, US District Court Judge Stanley Chester granted the plaintiff’s motion for entry of default judgment on the count of patent infringement. The plaintiff’s requested an award of…
Case Update: IA Labs v. Nintendo
IA Labs CA, LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al. District of Maryland Civil case No.: 8:10-cv-00833-PJM. Case Update: May 2012 In March 2012, a Maryland District Court judge dismissed IA’s suit…
Trademark Storm Brewing over iCloud
iCloud Communications LLC. v. Apple Inc. United States District Court, District of Arizona Case No. 11-cv-01158, Filed June 9, 2011 Case Update: May 2012 In September of 2011, iCloud Communications…
Case Update: Thorner v. Sony
Thorner et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC et al U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (On appeal from the U.S. District court, District of New Jersey) Case No.…
Case Update: Hasbro, Inc. v. Atari, S.A.
Hasbro, Inc. v. Infogrames Entertainment SA United States District Court, District of Rhode Island Case No. 09-cv-00610, Filed December 16, 2009 Case Update 05/24/2012: In August of 2011, Hasbro and Atari released…
Case Update: Motiva v. Nintendo – Officially moved to Washington
Motiva LLC v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (originally Eastern District of Texas) Case No. 10-cv-349, Filed March 2, 2010 (originally November 10, 2008)…
Microsoft Settles Infringement Suit Over Video Game Controller
Microsoft Corporation v Datel Design and Development Inc., et al U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington Case No. 2:2010cv02065, Filed On December 23, 2010 During December of 2011, a settlement was…
New Case: 21 Gaming Companies Sued Over Virtual Currency Patent Infringement
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al U.S. District for the Southern District of California Case no. 3:12-cv-00501, Filed February 28,2012 Earlier this year, Gametek LLC filed several lawsuits in the…
Banner & Witcoff named to inaugural NLJ IP Hot List
Today Banner & Witcoff was named to the National Law Journal’s inaugural IP Hot List. The National Law Journal selected 20 law firms who have proven to be innovators in applying legal…
New Book – Before The Crash: Early Video Game History
The Patent Arcade’s own Ross Dannenberg is a contributor to a new book on early video game history. Before the Crash: Early Video Game History, edited by Mark J. P. Wolf, will give…
Job: Summer Intern 2012
If there are any law students out there looking for an internship, send me an email with your resume, as we’re looking for some summer help with lawsuit research, patent research, writing…
New Case: Guitar Apprentice v. Ubisoft
Case Update: July 2012: On July 5, Guitar Apprentice filed a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice that has ended litigation started earlier in April. An order of dismissal was signed by…
New Case: TQP v. Big Fish Games (E.D.Tex.)
This one has me a little perplexed. TQP Development sued Big Fish Games for patent infringement of USP 5,412,730. The ‘730 patent appears to cover a technique for sending encrypted data across…
New Case: Worlds, Inc. v. Activision Blizzard
Well it looks like Worlds, Inc. is at it again, and today filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for patent infringement. Very few details right now, except that case was filed in…
New Case: Spry Fox v. LolApps et al. (Copyright) – W.D.Wash.
In a case reminiscent of Incredible Technologies v. Virtual Technologies, and one that is sure to provide some much needed guidance (if it goes the distance) regarding when copying someone else’s game…
Who’s going to GDC 2012?
I will be in San Francisco from March 6-11 for GDC 2012. Drop me an email if you will be in town and want to meet for coffee, lunch, drinks, etc. -Ross