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Zynga Files Two New Cases

Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. Duc Doan U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 09-cv-02958, Filed July 1, 2009 Case Update: This case was dismissed on September 25, 2009, following…

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CASE UPDATE: Eros LLC v. Linden Research, Inc.

Eros, LLC et al v. Linden Research, Inc. et al U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 09-cv-04269, Filed September 15, 2009 Final Update: This case was moved from court…

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Case Update: Zynga v. John Does 1-50

Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. John Does 1-50 United States District Court for N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:09-cv-02744-BZ, Filed June 19, 2009 Case Update: This case was dismissed on February, 18, 2011.…

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Case Update: Nintendo v. Chan

Nintendo of America v. Daniel Man Tik Chan United States District Court for C.D. Cal. Case No. 2:09-cv-04203-JFW-PLA, Filed June 12, 2009 Case Update: This case ended on August 20, 2009, following…

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Supreme Court Decisively Extends First Amendment Protections to Video Games

Brown et al. v. Entertainment Merchants Association et al. United States Supreme Court Case No. 08-1448 The Supreme Court ruled on Monday, June 27, 2011, that a California law regulating the sale…

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Case Update: Wizards of the Coast [C]

Wizards of the Coast v. RadzikoskiWizards of the Coast v. Radzikoski Case Updates: As regards Case 1: Wizards of the Coast LLC v. Krysztof Radzikowski et al., case 2:09-cv-00460-RSM , the case…

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Dillinger, L.L.C. Seeks Offer They Won’t Refuse

Dillinger, LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc. United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana Case No. 09-cv-01236, Filed October 1, 2009 Case Update: Some time ago we wrote about Dillinger, L.L.C. (…

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Case Update: Prime Table Games v. Nat’l Table Games

Prime Table Games, LLC v. National Table Games Corp. United States District Court for S.D. Miss. Case No. 3:09-cv-346HTW-LRA, Filed June 11, 2009 Case Update: On October 7, 2009, Prime Table filed…

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Walker Digital Sues The Internet (almost)

Walker Digital LLC v. 2K Games Inc. et al U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Case No. 1:11-cv-00368-GMS, Filed April 25, 2011 Earlier this year we reported on Walker Digital’s suit against…

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Case Update: LottoTron v. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group

LottoTron, Inc. v. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group United States District Court for D. N.J. Case No. 2:09-cv-03811-FSH-MAS, Filed July 31, 2009 Case Update: Pursuant to a request by the plaintiff, this case…

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Publishing Rights for Original “Psychonauts” Revert to Double Fine

Double Fine Obtains Publishing Rights to “Psychonauts” As of June 14, 2011, the rights to the hit 2005 adventure game, Psychonauts, have reverted to its original publisher Double Fine. Previously, Double Fine…

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Ads for XBox – NUads

Ads on Xbox As advertising continues to evolve for game platforms, the New York Times reports that Microsoft is set to launch a new suite of advertising tools called NUads (short for…

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Digital Reg v. Adobe

Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 6:11-cv-00305, Filed June 14, 2011 This recently filed case coming out of…

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Apple Intervenes in App Patent Suit

Lodsys LLC. V. Combay Inc. et al. United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 11-cv-00272, Filed May 31, 2011 Seven developers of iPhone applications, including the developers of games…

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TTAB Affirms Disney’s Rights in “Pooh” Trademarks

Stephen Slesinger Inc. v. Disney Enterprises Inc. USPTO, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board No. 91179064, June 8, 2011   A panel of judges at the TTAB has ruled that a former licensee…

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Case Update: Hillcrest v. Nintendo

Hillcrest Laboratories Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al United States District Court, District of Maryland Case No. 8:08-cv-02188-RWT, Filed August 20, 2008 Case Update: On September 24, 2009, the parties submitted…

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Case Update: ADC Technology v. Microsoft et al

ADC Technology Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et al United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case No. 2:08-cv-01579-RSM, Filed October 27, 2008 Case Update: On July 9, 2009, ADC…

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Case Udate: Beneficial Innovations v. Blockdot (E.D.Tex.)

Beneficial Innovations Inc. v. Blockdot Inc. et al United States District Court, Eastern District of TexasCase No. 2-07CV-263, Filed June 20, 2007 Case Update: This case was well on its way to…

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Case Update: PPC v. Sony (E.D.Tex, filed 7/26/07)

Parallel Processing Corporation v. Sony Corporation of America United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 07-353, Filed July 26, 2007 Case Update: This case was dismissed without prejudice on…

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Case Update: WizKids v. WOTC (W.D. Wa)

WizKids Inc. v. Wizards of the Coast Inc. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case No. 2:07-cv-00809-MJP, Filed May 25, 2007 Case Update: This case was dismissed with…

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