Copyright
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…
Update – Bethesda settles with Warner Bros. over Westworld Game
Bethesda Softworks LLC v. Behaviour Interactive, Inc., et al United States District Court for the District of Maryland Docket No. 8:18-cv-01846-RWT, filed June 21, 2018 Back in June 2018, Bethesda Softworks filed…
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…
Law Review: A History of US Video Game Litigation
We’re proud to announce that the Patent Arcade’s own, Ross Dannenberg & Josh Davenport, have published a new law review article on the history of US video game litigation, including analysis of…
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com LLC et al.
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com LLC et al.Supreme Court of the United States On January 8th, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Fourth Estate…
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…
Epic Sues Two Streamers for Selling Cheat Tools
Epic Games, Inc. v. Lucas et al United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Civil Docket Number: 5:18-cv-00484-BO Epic Games is suing more individuals for cheating in Fortnite,…
Nintendo wins $12 million judgment against ROM websites
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Mathias et al. United States District Court for the District of Arizona Case No. 2:18-cv-02282-SPL Final Judgement issued November 9, 2018 On November 9, 2018, the United…
Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc.
Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc. 863 F.Supp.2d 394 United States District Court for the District of New Jersey May 30, 2012 We were recently talking among ourselves about copyright protection…
Nintendo Wins Against Real Life Mario Kart
Nintendo Wins Against Real Life Mario Kart It is being reported that Nintendo has won a lawsuit against a Tokyo go-kart rental service called Mari Mobility, previously MariCar. The Tokyo District Court…
Nintendo goes after ROMs
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Mathias et al United States District Court for the District of Arizona Case No. 2:18-cv-02282-SPL On July 19, 2018, Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit in the…
Grinch Parody ruled a Fair Use
Lombardo v. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P 279 F. Supp. 3d 497 (S.D.N.Y. 2017), aff’d, No. 17-2952-cv, 2018 WL 3323476 (2d Cir. 2018) On July 6, 2018, the Second Circuit upheld the Southern…
Conan Properties et al. v. Sanchez (EDNY) – Copyright in Characters
Conan Properties Int’l LLC et al. v. Ricardo Jove Sanchez United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Case No. 1:17-cv-00162-FB-RLM, Memorandum and Order of August 15, 2018 …
Atari sues Indy T-Shirt Websites
Atari Interactive, Inc. v. RedBubble, Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of California Docket No. 3-18-cv-03451, filed June 11, 2018 Atari Interactive, Inc. v. Zazzle, Inc. United States District…
Bethesda sues Warner Bros. over Westworld Mobile Game
Bethesda Softworks LLC v. Behaviour Interactive, Inc., et al United States District Court for the District of Maryland Docket No. 8:18-cv-01846-RWT, filed June 21, 2018 On June 21, 2018, Bethesda Softworks…
Update – PUBG withdraws lawsuit against Epic
PUBG Corp., the Korean Subsidiary of Bluehole Studios (the developer of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds), has dropped its lawsuit against Fortnite developer Epic Games Inc. PUBG had filed a copyright infringement claim against Epic…
How do you perform a video game?
Epic Games, Inc. et al v. Mendes et al United States District Court for the Northern District of California CAND-3-17-cv-06223, Filed Oct. 27, 2017 We recently reported on Epic Games suing individuals…
New Game Law Journal – Interactive Entertainment Law Review (and read our article!)
If you’ve ever been to Queen Mary’s excellent More than Just a Game events, you have probably heard of the new Interactive Entertainment Law Review journal launched by Profs. Dimita, Mimler, and…
A Battle Royale is Brewing
PUBG Corporation, makers of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, have filed a lawsuit against Epic Games, makers of Fortnite, in South Korea. The lawsuit was filed in the Seoul Central District Court in January. PUBG…