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28th Anniversary of Magic: The Gathering – A discussion of IP Considerations – Part Two
28th Anniversary of Magic: The Gathering – A discussion of IP Considerations – Part Two By Sandy Rokhlin* This is the second post in our MTG Intellectual Property series, please click here…
Hasbro’s Right of Ownership to the Game of Life’s IP Affirmed
Hasbro’s Right of Ownership to the Game of Life’s IP Affirmed Markham Concepts v. HasbroUnited States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitCase No. 19-1927Filed: Sept. 26, 2019 The Game of Life…
Artist Sues Capcom for Alleged Copyright Infringement in Resident Evil 4 Textures
Artist Sues Capcom for Alleged Copyright Infringement in Resident Evil 4 Textures Juracek v. Capcom Co.Case No. 3:21-cv-00775United States District Court for the District of ConnecticutFiled: June 4, 2021 Artist Judy A.…
Nintendo ROM Distributor Owes Over $2 Million After Summary Judgement
Nintendo ROM Distributor Owes Over $2 Million After Summary Judgement Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Matthew Storman United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No. CV 19-7818 Filed:…
Take-Two Finds Less Success with Second Take on Copyright and Tattoos
Alexander v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. et al Case No. 3:18-cv-00966 United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Filed April 17, 2018 Tattoo artist Catherine Alexander sued Take-Two Interactive…
Twitch Deletes Content for Copyright Infringement Without Warning
Twitch Deletes Content for Copyright Infringement Without Warning On October 20th, many Twitch streamers received an email from Twitch notifying them that content on their channels was subject to Digital Millennium Copyright…
Ubisoft Alleges Rainbow Six Siege Infringement by Ejoy.com
Ubisoft Alleges Rainbow Six Siege Infringement by Ejoy.com Ubisoft Entm’t v. Ejoy.com Ltd. United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No: 20-cv-4419 Filed: May 15, 2020 On May…
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…
Crytek Delays Launch of Lawsuit Against Star Citizen Devs Before Suddenly Settling
Crytek Delays Launch of Lawsuit Against Star Citizen Devs Before Suddenly Settling Crytek GMBH v. Cloud Imperium Games Corp. and Roberts Space Industries Corp., United States District Court for the Central District…
NBA 2K Avoids Tattoo Copyright Infringement in Three Ways
Solid Oak Sketches, LLC v. 2K Games, Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.Case Number 16-CV-724-LTS-SDAUnited States Court for the Southern District of New York Since Solid Oak Sketches, LLC (“Solid Oak”) filed…
Pac-Man Owners Caught in Retro Game IP Maze
Pac-Man Owners Caught in Retro Game IP Maze Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. v. AtGames Holdings Ltd. et. al. United States District Court for the Northern District of California Case No. 5:19-cv-05898…
No Fun and Games: Blizzard Alleges Infringement by JoyFun Inc.
No Fun and Games: Blizzard Alleges Infringement by JoyFun Inc. Blizzard Entertainment Inc. v. JoyFun Inc. Co. United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No. 8:19-cv-01582 Filed August…
Nintendo Continues Campaign Against Piracy
Nintendo Continues Campaign Against Piracy Nintendo of America Inc. v. Matthew Storman and John Does 1-10 United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed September 10, 2019 Case No.…
Super Mario Mischief
Super Mario Mischief A new web-based game recently popped up and gained fame fairly quickly on the Internet. The game features the familiar red plumber in a familiar atmosphere as he jumps…
King.com Ltd. Tries to Crush Competitors
King.com Limited v. JoyFox Company Limited Case number 3:17-cv-01636 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Action Dismissed: March 31, 2017 The operator of the mobile game “Candy Crush Saga,”…
Antonick v. Electronic Arts, Inc.
Antonick v. Electronic Arts, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Case No. 14-15298 Decided: November 22, 2016 Robin Antonick sued Electronic Arts over unpaid royalties stemming from his…
Bots and Cheaters Lose as League of Legends is awarded a $10 Million Payout
Riot Games, Inc. v. Stefan Delgado Argote et al Case number 2:16-cv-05871 District Court for the Central District of California Decided: March 1st 2017 In August 2016, California-based Riot Games, Inc. sued…
Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd.
Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd. 847 F.2d 255 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Decided: June 20, 1988 Vault Corporation was a manufacturer of floppy disks that…
SCOTUS issues ruling in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC 2019 WL 1005829 Decided: March 4, 2019 Supreme Court of the United States On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Fourth Estate…
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Perez
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Perez United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Case No: 1:18-cv-0765 (PKC) Filed August 22, 2018, Decided February 05, 2019. On February…