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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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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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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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Epic Games sues two more alleged Fortnite hackers

On October 17, 2017, Epic Games sued Philip Josefsson and Artem Yakovenko for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, breach of contract, and, under California law, unfair competition. The allegations…

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Epic sues alleged Fortnite hackers Brandon Broom and Charles Vraspir

On October 11, Epic Games, Inc. and Epic Games International (“Epic”) sued individuals Brandon Broom and Charles Vraspir in two separate suits (5:17-CV-0511 and 5:17-CV-0512) for copyright infringement, circumvention of the Digital…

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