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Case: Red Baron-Franklin Park, Inc. v. Taito Corp.
Red-Baron-Franklin Park, Inc. v. Taito Corp. 883 F.2d 275 (4th Cir. 1989). I. Background Some of you may remember twin martial artists Billy Lee or Jimmy (who also went by Hammer and…
Case Update: Harmonix v. Konami close to settlement
Well it looks like one of the two Harmonix/Konami cases might be settling. In Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. v Konami Digital Entertainment Co, Ltd., civil action 1:09-cv-10206 (D.Mass), the parties on June…
Case: Okor v. Atari Games Corp. et al.
Okor v. Atari Games Corp. et al76 Fed. Appx. 327 (Fed. Cir. 2003). I. Statement of Facts This case is one in a series of attempts by Joseph Kwame Okor to enforce…
Attending Trade Shows Leads to Personal Jurisdiction
Patent Rights Protection Group, LLC (“PRPG”), a patent-holding company, previously filed suits in the District of Nevada accusing various organizations of allegedly infringing U.S. Patents No. 6,475,087 (‘the ‘087 patent) and No.…
LimeWire liable for copyright infringement
Not exactly video game related, but our readers tend to also be interested in file-sharing and online music distribution cases, so… LimeWire was recently found liable for copyright infringement of its users…
History Repeats Itself
Nintendo of America, Inc. (Nintendo) filed suit yesterday in a Washington district court, accusing an individual, Kevin Niu, of infringing Nintendo’s copyrights and trademarks in its Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii. Specifically,…
Case Update: Worlds.com case SETTLED!
Well folks, looks like Worlds.com v. NCSoft has settled. The court on April 23, 2010, ordered dismissal with prejudice based on a binding settlement agreement between Worlds.com and NCSoft. Terms of the…
Blizzard Sues “StarCrack” Hackers
On Monday, April 12, 2010, Blizzard filed a lawsuit in federal court in California against Justin Marshall and five unnamed defendants for copyright infringement, circumvention of copyright protection systems in violation of…
Case Update: Anascape, Ltd. v. Nintendo of America Inc.
On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of Nintendo in Anascape, Ltd. v. Nintendo of America Inc. (Docket No. 2008-1500), a patent…
Kotaku Census 2010: The Full Results
Kotaku’s full census results are in, and there are some interesting points… Re Consoles:– 65% of you own multiple consoles, while a quarter of participating Kotaku readers are in possession of all…
See You at Triangle Games 2010!
If you’re planning to attend the 2010 Triangle Games Conference in Raleigh, NC, please stop by and say ‘hello’! Steve, Ross, and Shawn are presenting a panel on recent developments in video…
ABA IP Section Spring Conference is coming up!
For attorneys, this is the one annual conference that IP lawyers cannot afford to miss. Now in its 25th anniversary year, the Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference of the ABA Section of…
Appeal Update & Decision: Fenner Investments Ltd. v. Microsoft et al.
Back in 2007, Fenner Investment Ltd. sued Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,297,751, relating to low voltage joystick port interfaces. Claim 1 is reproduced below: 1.…
Case Update: Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc.
On Friday, March 5, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted Sony’s motion for summary judgment in Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc., Case No.…
Ross Dannenberg Speaking at GDC 3/11 and 3/13/10
Hey everyone, if you’re at GDC 2010, I will be speaking at the following two sessions: Video Game IP – What You Need to Know NOWSpeaker: Ross Dannenberg (Partner, Banner & Witcoff,…
Outrageous! Why am I Outraged?
So word has hit the Internet that Facebook’s U.S. Patent No. 7,669,123, entitled “Dynamically Providing a News Feed About a User of a Social Network,” issued last week, and it’s certainly created…
BOOK RELEASE: Computer Games and Virtual Worlds
The Patent Arcade is pleased to announce that a new book co-edited by our own Ross Dannenberg (i.e., me), and partly authored by our own Steve Chang, is now available for purchase…
Coming soon: New book on Video Game IP Law
We’re getting close… Stay tuned for more information about our new book. I am one of the editors, along with others from my committee at the American Bar Association: Computer Games and…
SAVING PROGRESS…DO NOT SHUT OFF CONSOLE
Every gamer has anxiously awaited this message to appear – you may have just beaten the final boss level after several unsuccessful attempts or you may have finally beaten a friend’s high…
Case Update: Konami and Harmonix AGREE on something!
In an interesting development in the ongoing dispute between Harmonix and Konami over the hammer-on technology in the Rock Band/Guitar Hero games, they have filed a JOINT motion to stay proceedings: Date…