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U.S. Patent No. 6,261,179: Video Game System and Video Game Memory Medium

U.S. Patent No. 6,261,179: Video Game System and Video Game Memory Medium Issued Jul. 17, 2001, to Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto (JP) Summary: Remember StarFox? I do (I’m getting old). The ‘179…

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News: Fantasy Sports Under Attack AGAIN

Not even having time to revel in its recent victory in the C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media lawsuit (No. 4:05-CV-00252 (E.D. Mo.)) regarding the use of player…

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U.S. Patent. No. 6,752,718: Role Playing Video Game Using Cards

U.S. Pat. No. 6,752,718: Role Playing Video Game Using Cards Issued June 22, 2004, to Square Enix Summary: Developers from Square Enix, publishers of the Final Fantasy series, describe a role-playing game…

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U.S. Patent No. 6,522,333: Remote Communication Through Visual Representations

U.S. Pat. No. 6,522,333: Remote Communication Through Visual Representations Issued February 18, 2003 to Electronic Arts Summary: Electronic Arts has improved the traditional in-game (or out-of-game) chat feature. Instead of informing your…

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Case Update: CBC v. MLB

CBC v. MLB, E.D.Mo. (Aug. 8, 2006) For those that have been following this case, the District Court on Tuesday, August 8, 2006, ruled in favor of CBC fantasy sports, and completely…

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Sidebar: Auditorium Space Invaders

This just made me laugh. The things you can do in an auditorium… SPACE INVADERS!

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U.S. Patent No. 6,935,954: Sanity System for Video Game

United States Patent No. 6,935,954: Sanity System for Video Game Issued August 30, 2005, to Nintendo of America, Inc. Summary: This patent by inventors from Nintendo of America Inc. discloses a video…

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U.S. Patent No. 6,923,717: Adrenaline Feature for Sports Video Games

Welcome to the first post of our VIDEO GAME PATENTS feature. May we present: U.S. Pat. No. 6,923,717: Adrenaline Feature for Sports Video Games Issued August 2, 2005 to Nintendo of America,…

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FEATURE: VIDEO GAME PATENTS

(Last Updated August 2, 2011) VIDEO GAME PATENTS We will endeavor to track and inform our readers regarding United States Patents (and various interesting foreign patents) directed to video games. Yes, we…

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Case: Davidson Assoc. v. Internet Gateway (8th Cir. 2006) [C]

Davidson & Associates, Inc. v. Internet Gateway __ F.3d. __ (8th Cir. 2006) Better known as Blizzard v. bnetd, this case curbs the development of new computer programs that interoperate with existing…

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News: Sony appeals Immersion lawsuit

It appears the Sony/Immersion dispute is not over. As you may know, Immersion makes vibration technology for game controllers. The Northern District of California held that Sony infringed Immersion’s patents, and awarded…

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Publication: Developer Guidelines for Preserving Patent Rights

As promised in my previous post regarding a general introduction to IP, linked below you will find a previously published article regarding the preservation of patent rights. This article may be particularly…

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News: New breed of games on the PhysX horizon

Mountain View, Calif.-based Ageia Technologies Inc., is the first to offer a specialized computer chip — called “PhysX” — designed to give video games a better sense of reality, as dictated by…

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News: Author quoted on ABC news re Apple iTunes/iPod

WARNING: Shameless plug to follow! While not technically video game related, I have been quoted in an article on ABC News regarding the litigation/issue in Norway regarding Apple’s iTunes/iPod tie. While, as…

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Case: Marvel Ent. v. NCSoft Corp. (Settled 2005)

Why Wolverine should never scratch his nose… Marvel Enterprises, Inc. et al. v. NCSoft Corporation, et al. (Headnote: subsequent to our previous posting on this case, the parties have settled…) Amid the…

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Publication: IP Primer

We’ve fielded some inquiries regarding materials providing an introduction to intellectual property, as well as more basic information regarding patent law in general. Below is the text to an article that Jordan…

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Update: Listing of Video Game Cases

Sorry for the radio silence, folks. I am pleased to report that we are continuing our efforts to update our listing of video game cases, and that case summaries for all cases…

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Case Update: Lucent v. Microsoft (MS fires back!)

We previously reported that Lucent sued Microsoft, alleging that the Xbox 360 infringes one of Lucent’s patents. Earlier this week Microsoft filed a counterclaim, accusing Lucent of infringing various Microsoft patents, as…

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Case: Ebay v. Mercexchange (2006) – Patents

Ebay Inc. v. Mercexchange LLC United States Supreme Court May 15, 2006 (Not exactly a video game case, but worth noting nonetheless, as it will apply to video game lawsuits.) Today the…

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Article: Copyright Preregistration as Protection for Video Games

Marc Cooperman and Michael Krashin recently penned an article discussing preregistration of copyrights as an additional form of protection for video games. When video game software is pirated or leaked before the…

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