Lawsuits
Federal Circuit Finds Niantic AR-related Patent Claims Ineligible
On April 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a District Court ruling that patent claims directed to augmented reality (“AR”) location services were not subject-matter eligible under…
Infernal Tech. Case Emphasizes Need for Caution When Parts of a Patent Claim Refer Back to Earlier Language
Infernal Technology, LLC v. Activision Blizzard Inc. Case No. 2021-2349 Decided: January 24, 2023 The Federal Circuit issued a decision on January 24, 2023 stating that a collection of Activision Blizzard’s video…
Different Days for Different Places – Determining Timing in Agreements
In re: Supercell OyUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitCase No. 2020-113Filed March 17, 2020 In a case that highlights the sometimes important race to the courtroom and nuances of…
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…
Candy Crush Pushing into Possible Patent Infringement
Groove Digital, Inc. v. King.com, LTD. et al., United States District Court for the District of Delaware, 1-18-cv-00836, filed 06/04/2018 On June 4, 2018, Groove Digital filed a lawsuit in the District…
Supreme Court Not A Fan Of Trademark Ban – A Reasoned Analysis of Matal v. Tam
SUPREME COURT NOT A FAN OF TRADEMARK BAN By R. Gregory Israelsen On Monday, June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court held in Matal v. Tam[i] that the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act violates the…
BOOM! Did you feel it? E.D. Texas will no longer be the patent lawsuit capital of the US
From Law360: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday put tighter restrictions on where patent owners can file infringement lawsuits, a decision that upends nearly 30 years of established practice and will likely…
Apple v Samsung Oral Args at Supreme Court
For those following the Apple v. Samsung design patent wars, here’s a good synopsis of the oral arguments that were held this morning at the United States Supreme Court. If the link…
Lindsay Lohan’s Grand Theft Auto Suit Dismissed
Lindsay Lohan v. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., 156443/2014, New York State Supreme Court, New York County (Manhattan). In 2014 actress Lindsay Lohan filed suit against Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. claiming that the…
CASE UPDATE: Oaklawn Jockey Club Inc. et al. v. Kentucky Downs LLC et al., case number 16-5582, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Oaklawn Jockey Club Inc. et al. v. Kentucky Downs LLC et al. Case No. 16-5582, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit In their recent brief Appellees Kentucky Downs, LLC…
Case Update: McRo Inc. v. Namco Bandai et al. – Reversed on Appeal
MCRO, INC. v. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA INC., at al. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Cases 2015-1080, -1081, -1082, -1083, -1084, -1085, -1086, -1087, -1088, -1089, -1090, -1092, -1093,…
BREAKING NEWS: McRO REVERSED on appeal…
This just in. McRO was reversed on appeal. Decision is here. More to follow.
No Man’s patent problem?
There’s an interesting article in Law360 today about a potential patent dispute surrounding No Man’s Sky and the so-call Superformula. From the article, and of interest to our readers: Many video games…
Ed Sheeran sued for copyright infringement…. again.
As previously reported, Ed Sheeran was sued back in June for copyright infringement. Well either the sharks smell blood, or perhaps there’s something in the water, but be’s been sued again based…
White Knuckle Gaming v. Electronic Arts – EA shoots… and scores!
White Knuckle Gaming v. Electronic Arts Case number 1:15-cv-00150 U.S. District Court for the District of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah. June 2, 2016. U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish granted Electronic…
Atari Games Corp. v. Oman, 979 F. (2d) 242 (Cir DC 1992)
Atari Games Corp. v. Oman 979 F. (2d) 242 (DC Cir. 1992) This case dealt with the copyright status of video games, particularly whether video games are eligible for registration. Atari Games…
HUGE win for Google in Oracle API case.
From Law360: Google won a high-profile jury verdict Thursday that its use of Oracle’s copyrighted Java software code in its Android mobile operating system was protected by the fair use doctrine, clearing…
Martin O’Donnell v. Harold Ryan
O’Donnell v. Ryan Case No. 14-2-12439-2 SEA Superior Court of Washington for King County On April 11, 2014, Martin O’Donnell’s employment was terminated by Bungie’s board of directors. O’Donnell had been a…
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc.
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc. Docket No. 1:15-cv-00282 U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Filed March 30, 2015 On March 30, 2015, Acceleration Bay filed suit against Electronic Arts for…
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. decided
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. United States District Court, Southern District of California Case No. 3:12-cv-00501, Filed February 28, 2012 On July 2, 2012, Plaintiff Gametek filed a notice of…