Lawsuits
New Case: Archie Comic Publications Inc. v. Penders
Archie Comic Publications Inc. v. Penders U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York Case No. 1:10-cv-08858, Filed On November 23, 2010 During November of 2010, Archie Comic Publications filed suit against Ken…
New Case: RC3, Inc. v. Justin Bieber
RC3, Inc. v. Justin Bieber United States District Court, Middle District of Florida Case No. 3:2012cv00193, Filed on February 24, 2012 A game about jousting beavers has apparently upset Justin Bieber…
New Case: Promotional Technologies LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al
Promotional Technologies LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas Case No. 3:2011cv03488, Filed On December 15, 2011 In addition to the numerous other legal battles that Facebook has…
New Case: Impulse Technology Ltd. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. et al
Impulse Technology Ltd. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. et al. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Case No. 1:11-cv-02519 On November 11, 2011, Impulse Technology Ltd filed a complaint…
Case Update: Friedrich v. Take Two Interactive (Ghost Rider)
Friedrich v. Marvel et al. U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Case No. 08-cv-01533 Case Update: May 2012 After 2 years of legal dispute between Gary Friedrich and Marvel, Marvel…
Case Update: LottoTron, Inc. v. SBG Online Casino et. al.
Case Update: May 2012During August of 2011, US District Court Judge Stanley Chester granted the plaintiff’s motion for entry of default judgment on the count of patent infringement. The plaintiff’s requested an award of…
Case Update: IA Labs v. Nintendo
IA Labs CA, LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al. District of Maryland Civil case No.: 8:10-cv-00833-PJM. Case Update: May 2012 In March 2012, a Maryland District Court judge dismissed IA’s suit…
Trademark Storm Brewing over iCloud
iCloud Communications LLC. v. Apple Inc. United States District Court, District of Arizona Case No. 11-cv-01158, Filed June 9, 2011 Case Update: May 2012 In September of 2011, iCloud Communications…
Case Update: Thorner v. Sony
Thorner et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC et al U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (On appeal from the U.S. District court, District of New Jersey) Case No.…
Case Update: Hasbro, Inc. v. Atari, S.A.
Hasbro, Inc. v. Infogrames Entertainment SA United States District Court, District of Rhode Island Case No. 09-cv-00610, Filed December 16, 2009 Case Update 05/24/2012: In August of 2011, Hasbro and Atari released…
Case Update: Motiva v. Nintendo – Officially moved to Washington
Motiva LLC v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (originally Eastern District of Texas) Case No. 10-cv-349, Filed March 2, 2010 (originally November 10, 2008)…
Microsoft Settles Infringement Suit Over Video Game Controller
Microsoft Corporation v Datel Design and Development Inc., et al U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington Case No. 2:2010cv02065, Filed On December 23, 2010 During December of 2011, a settlement was…
New Case: 21 Gaming Companies Sued Over Virtual Currency Patent Infringement
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al U.S. District for the Southern District of California Case no. 3:12-cv-00501, Filed February 28,2012 Earlier this year, Gametek LLC filed several lawsuits in the…
New Case: Guitar Apprentice v. Ubisoft
Case Update: July 2012: On July 5, Guitar Apprentice filed a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice that has ended litigation started earlier in April. An order of dismissal was signed by…
New Case: TQP v. Big Fish Games (E.D.Tex.)
This one has me a little perplexed. TQP Development sued Big Fish Games for patent infringement of USP 5,412,730. The ‘730 patent appears to cover a technique for sending encrypted data across…
New Case: Worlds, Inc. v. Activision Blizzard
Well it looks like Worlds, Inc. is at it again, and today filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for patent infringement. Very few details right now, except that case was filed in…
New Case: Spry Fox v. LolApps et al. (Copyright) – W.D.Wash.
In a case reminiscent of Incredible Technologies v. Virtual Technologies, and one that is sure to provide some much needed guidance (if it goes the distance) regarding when copying someone else’s game…
Jagex Wins Court Case Against Bot Developers
Jagex Games Studio WINS COURT CASE AGAINST RUNESCAPE BOT DEVELOPERS GAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES Cambridge, UK –1st February, 2012 – Jagex Games Studio, a leading independent developer and publisher of online games, finalized…
Physical Game Patent Dispute
Hidden Image Technology Solutions v. Thomas L. Barnhart U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia Case No. 11-cv-02415, Filed July 22, 2011 Hidden Image Technology Solutions, a Georgia company, has sued Thomas…
Case: CyberSource v. Retail Decisions
While not a video game case per se, this will likely affect patents claiming video games because the Federal Circuit (a US appeals court for patent matters, among other things) strikes down…