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Transmog, Upgraded: Blizzard’s Machine Learning Magic Patent
Blizzard Entertainment has filed a patent application, pending U.S. Patent Application 2025/0124631, that discusses the technology behind fitting three-dimensional digital items like armor and clothing to different character models. This feature directly…
US Patent No. 9,076,292: Encouraging player socialization using a nemesis and avenger system
Overview: In the world of online gaming, fostering player interaction and enhancing social dynamics are crucial elements for player retention and engagement. A patent issued to Blizzard Entertainment describes systems and methods…
Blizzard Takes New Stance on Custom Game IP
Blizzard Takes New Stance on Custom Game IP Following the release of the remastered edition of Blizzard Entertainment’s classic real-time strategy game “Warcraft 3” as “Warcraft 3: Reforged,” Blizzard also updated its…
Dynamic and Nonliteral Elements Win Protection in Blizzard Copyright Suit
Dynamic and Nonliteral Elements Win Protection in Blizzard Copyright Suit MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. 629 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2010) For those who followed our…
Heroes Charge into Copyright Battle
Heroes Charge into Copyright Battle Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Valve Corporation v. Lilith Games (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. and uCool, Inc., United States District Court of the Northern District of California, 2018 Case…
Blizzard Entertainment v. Blizzard Sports Center
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. v. Blizzard Sports Center, Inc., et al Central District of California Civil Docket: 8:17-cv-01001-JVS-DFM Filed 06/09/2017 Decided 11/02/2018 On November 2, 2018, the U.S. District Court of the Central…
Striking from the Shadows
Infernal Technology, LLC et al v. Crytek GmbH United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Docket No. 2-18-cv-00284, filed July 10, 2018 On July 10, 2018, Infernal Technology and Terminal Reality…
Case Update: GAT v. Activision Blizzard et al.
Game and Technology v. Activision Blizzard et al., C.D. Cal., Case No. 2:16-cv-06499-MLH-SK, Filed August 29, 2016 On March 14, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) invalidated U.S. Patent No.…
PTAB Institutes Inter Partes Review of Group Messaging Patent
On May 15, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “PTAB”) instituted two Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) proceedings against U.S. 5,822,523 (the “’523 Patent”). The ’523 Patent generally relates to group…
Blizzard files Inter Partes Review re: World of Warcraft Mounts, Citing Dungeons and Dragons
On November 6, 2017, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (“Blizzard”) filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) against Game and Technology Co. Ltd. (“GAT”). Blizzard is challenging claims 1-7 of U.S. Patent No.…