Epic Games

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U.S. Patent No. 9,744,461: System and method for object weakpoint generation

U.S. Patent No. 9,744,461: System and method for object weakpoint generation Issued August 29, 2017, to Epic Games, Inc. Filed: June 15, 2016 (claiming priority to June 3, 2014) Ever wonder where…

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Epic v. Apple: Changes in the Apple App Store to Come

Epic v. Apple: Changes in the Apple App Store to Come Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. Decided September 10, 2021 United States District Court for the Northern District of California Case…

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Is Fortnite’s Imposter Mode Kind of Sus?

Is Fortnite’s Imposter Mode Kind of Sus? The popular game maker Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) has continually tried to maintain the popular game Fortnite’s relevance through consistent updates, including concerts and new…

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Epic Game’s Loot Llama Refused Trademark

Epic Game’s Loot Llama Refused Trademark In re Epic Games, Inc. Image of Mark in App. No. 88/233,723 On May 26, 2021, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) affirmed the refusal…

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Updates on Epic Games’ Antitrust Battle: Stayed in Australia, Date for Google, and an Uncertain Verdict Awaits

Updates on Epic Games’ Antitrust Battle: Stayed in Australia, Date for Google, and an Uncertain Verdict Awaits Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc.Filed August 13, 2020United States District Court for the Northern…

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Fortnite “Running Man” Emote Lawsuit Against Epic Games Dismissed

Fortnite “Running Man” Emote Lawsuit Against Epic Games Dismissed Brantley et al v. Epic Games, Inc. et al Case No.: 8:19-cv-594-PWG United States District Court for the District of Maryland Filed February…

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Epic Sues Game Tester Over Trade Secret Breach

Epic Sues Game Tester Over Trade Secret Breach Epic Games, Inc. v. Ronald Sykes United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division Case No.: 5:19-cv-0476 Filed: October…

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Running Man Stars Suing Epic Games for Fortnite Dance

Running Man Stars Suing Epic Games for Fortnite Dance Brantley et al. v. Epic Games, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 8:19-cv-00594-PWG United States District Court for the District of Maryland Filed…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Epic Games Argues Teenaged Fortnite Hacker should Face Suit

On April 23, 2018, Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) filed a response to a Motion to Dismiss filed by Lauren Rogers, the mother of a teenaged Fortnite hacker (“C. R.”) facing a copyright…

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Epic Sues Yet Another Fortnite Cheat Distributor

On Mar. 9, 2018, Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) sued Joseph Sperry (a/k/a “Spoezy”), yet another alleged distributor of cheats for the popular online game Fortnite. Similar to previous cases (discussed here, here, here,…

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Epic sues (another) alleged Fortnite Hacker

On January 8, 2018, Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) continued its legal crusade against alleged Fortnite hackers by suing Yash Gosai, a resident of Auckland, New Zealand, for copyright infringement, breach of contract,…

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Epic Games files a Fourth Suit against Alleged Fortnite Hackers

October 27, 2017, Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) sued three foreign individuals–James Mendes, Konstantin Vladimirovich Rak, and Oleksey Olekseevich Stegailo–for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, breach of contract, and, under…

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