Central District of California
Take-Two & Epic file Motions to Dismiss
Ferguson v. Epic Games, Inc. United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed Dec. 5, 2018, CACD-2-18-cv-10110 Ferguson v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. United States District Court for the…
Baker v. Epic Games
Baker v. Epic Games, Inc. United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed January 23, 2019, Case: 2:19-cv-00505 On January 23, 2019, James Baker, a.k.a. BlocBoy JB was…
Orange Shirt Kid is the latest viral dancer to sue Epic
Rachel McCumbers v. Epic Games, Inc. et al United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed January 11, 2019, CACD-2-19-cv-00260 Yet another person has filed a lawsuit against Epic…
McRo v. Namco Bandai Round 2
McRo Inc. v. Namco Bandai et al. United States District Court for the Central District of California Issued November 13, 2018, Case No: CV 12-10322-GW(FFMx) On November 13, 2018, the Central District…
Lawsuits filed against Epic and Take-Two over dance emotes
Ferguson v. Epic Games, Inc.United States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaFiled Dec. 5, 2018, CACD-2-18-cv-10110 Ferguson v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.United States District Court for the Central District of…
Pixar Prevails Under Alice in Patent Dispute
Coffelt v. NVIDIA Corporation Case number: 16-cv-00457 United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit Decided: March 15, 2017 Editor’s Note: We apologize for not reporting on this case sooner, but…
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…
PTAB finds Game and Technology’s Patent on Unit Pilots Unpatentable
Wargaming Group Limited v. Game and Technology Co., LTD. Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Case IPR2017-01082 September 7, 2018 On September 7, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued…
Pokémon GO Creator Niantic, Inc. sued for Augmented Reality Patent Infringement
On January 30, 2018, Barbaro Technologies, LLC (“Barbaro”) sued Niantic, Inc. (“Niantic”) for the alleged infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,373,377 and 8,228,325. Barbaro’s asserted patents are generally directed to integrating real-world…
Activision loses data retrieval patent under 35 USC 101
Activision Publishing, Inc. v. xTV Networks LTD., et al. Central District of California CV 16-00737 Order dated July 25, 2016 On Monday, another patent fell to the great patent slayer – 35…
McRO v. Bandai – Appellate Oral Arguments
McRo, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc. Oral Arguments pending at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Filed October 27, 2014 Case No. 15-1080 This case was submitted…
Second Screen Game Software Patent Survives Alice – Timeplay v Audience Entertainment
Timeplay, Inc. v. Audience Entertainment, LLC Central District of California Case No. CV 15-05202 Patentable subject matter under 35 USC 101 has become a primary issue in most patent cases since the…
Graffiti Artist Sues Jeremy Scott and Moschino
Tierney v. Moschino United States District Court, Central District of California Case No. 2:15-cv-05900 Filed August 5, 2015 While not exactly a video game case, we thought our readers might find…
Case Dismissed: ProCloud Media Invest AB v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
ProCloud Media Invest AB v. Paramount Pictures Corporation U.S. District Court, Central District of California Case No. 2:2012cv05192, Filed on June 14, 2012 ProCloud brought suit against Paramount Pictures for breach of…
NovaLogic, Inc. v. Activision Blizzard Et. al.
NovaLogic, Inc. v. Activision Blizzard et. al. U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Case Number: 2:12-cv-04011 In March 2012, NovaLogic sued Call of Duty developer, Activision, for trademark infringement…
New Case: Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. v. Alyson Reeves et al
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. v. Alyson Reeves et al United States District Court, Central District of California Case No. 2:2009cv07621, Filed On October 20, 2009 In October of 2009, Blizzard brought suit against…
New Case: Kenneth W Penders II v. Sega of America Inc et al
Kenneth W Penders II v. Sega of America Inc et al United States District Court, Central District of California Case No. 2:2011cv08173, Filed On October 3, 2011 A dispute over copyright ownership of contributions…
New Case: ProCloud Media Invest AB v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
ProCloud Media Invest AB v. Paramount Pictures Corporation U.S. District Court, Central District of California Case No. 2:2012cv05192, Filed on June 14, 2012 Courthouse News has recently reported that ProCloud Media Invest…
Online Farming (game) Dispute!
SocialApps LLC v Zynga Inc. et al U.S. District Court, Central District of California Case No. 11-cv-00919, Filed June 17, 2011 SocialApps, a California company that develops, posts, and maintains online social…
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…