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Case: Atari v. Amusement World (C) [D. Md.] 1981
ATARI, INC. v. AMUSEMENT WORLD, INC., 547 F.Supp. 222 (D. Md. Nov. 27, 1981). In one of the earliest video game cases, Atari, the holder of copyright in the arcade game “Asteroids,”…
History of Video Game Case Law – New Every Tues.!
As you may (or may not) be aware, there are well over 30 major cases that deal with intellectual property protection of video games, and that’s just patents and copyrights. We have…
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Titles of Blog Postings: What do they mean?
In trying to import some order and contemplated thoughtfulness into this blog, we have decided to use standard formatting in the titles of posts to ease later search. Here is what we…
TechBit: MTV debuts next Xbox!
Not exactly of a legal nature, but certainly of interest to our audience: There will be a half-hour global premiere, with a performance from The Killers, airing exclusively on MTV channels around…
Update: Hasbro v. RADgames (P, TM) [TrialCt] 2005
Well not exactly a video game… yet, but it might apply sometime in the future. Hasbro sued RADgames in the Southern District of New York back in February for RADgames’ add-on to…
Blog Validation
Well I received some quick validation for this blog today. Many may be unsure whether to start a blog and/or question their use. For the curious, there is an enlightening article, “Do…
Patent Arcade: Cast of Characters
…And by cast of characters I don’t mean Shadow, Speedy, Bashful and Pokey (or their nicknames of Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde). We’re all typically Xbox types, but Steve allegedly also has…
Welcome to the Patent Arcade
Hi there,The time is 9:47 P.M. on April 5, 2005. It seems overdue, as the idea has been in the works for quite some time, but this marks the (unofficial) launch of…