Lawsuits
Facebook Patent Fights Continue
In a previous post we reported on the internet buzz surrounding the issuance to Facebook of U.S. Patent No. 7,669,123, entitled “Dynamically Providing a News Feed About a User of a Social…
Case Update: Lodsys Amends Suit to Include “Angry Birds”
Lodsys LLC. V. Combay Inc. et al. United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 11-cv-00272, Filed May 31, 2011 Previously, we reported on the ongoing battle between…
Walker Digital Sues 2K Games (Again)
Walker Digital LLC. v. 2K Games Inc. et al U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Case No. 11-cv-00649, Filed July 22, 2011 Earlier this year we reported on Walker Digital’s…
Case Analysis: Pyramid Holdings v. Giant Interactive
Pyramid Holdings, Inc. v. Giant Interactive Group, Inc. S.D.N.Y., filed Nov. 26, 2007 Case No. 07-CV-10588 I. Nature of the Case This case is a federal securities class action on behalf of…
Case Analysis: Sega v. MAPHIA
Sega Enterprises Ltd. v. MAPHIA et al. 857 F. Supp. 679 (N.D. Cal. 1994) The defendants in this copyright and trademark infringement case operated an electronic bulletin board service called “MAPHIA”…
A “Breakout” Case: Atari Games Corp. v. Oman
Atari Games Corp. v. Oman 979 F.2d 242 (D.C. Cir. 1992) I. Background In 1989, Atari brought an action against Ralph Oman, the Register of Copyrights at the time, that…
Modern Warfare Domain Name Dispute for Activision
On July 15, 2011, Activision filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum in an attempt to get control of the domain name www.modernwarfare3.com. The website, which uses visuals from Activision’s Modern…
BattleLore Copyright Infringement and Unfair Competition Suit
Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc. v. Puffin Software et al. U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota Case No. 11-cv-01928, Filed July 15, 2011 Fantasy Flight Publishing, owner of the war strategy board game…
New Case: Microsoft Sued Over Kinect and Motion Tracking Patent
Impulse Technology Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation et al U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Case No. 11-cv-00586, Filed July 1, 2011 Impulse Technology, an Ohio-based company, sued Microsoft Corp in Delaware…
No Good Comes of Messing with the Zohan
Robert W. Cabell v. Sony Entertainment Pictures, Inc. et al United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Case No. 10-2690-cv, Filed February 20, 2009 As comics often serve as…
New Case: Suit Filed Over Patent for Electronic Trading Cards
Wildcat Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC v. 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. et alU.S. District Court, Eastern District of TexasCase No. 11-cv-305, Filed July 1, 2011 Wildcat, a Plano, TX based intellectual property holdings company…
Online Farming (game) Dispute!
SocialApps LLC v Zynga Inc. et al U.S. District Court, Central District of California Case No. 11-cv-00919, Filed June 17, 2011 SocialApps, a California company that develops, posts, and maintains online social…
Case Update: Gametech v. Grand Vision Gaming (D. MT) [C]
GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL, INC., v. GRAND VISION GAMING, LLC, TIMOTHY CARSON, and MERLE FRANK, and JOHN DOES 1-10. United States District Court for the District of Montana Case No. 09-cv-00039 Case…
Achates v. Symantec
Achates Reference Publishing, Inc. v. Symantec Corporation et al. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Case No. 11-cv-00294, Filed June 20, 2011 Achates Publishing, a Texas enterprise, has sued…
Online Social Gaming Suits Abound
Zynga Inc. v. Vostu USA Inc. United States District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 3:11-cv-02959-MEJ, Filed June 16, 2011 Zynga, arguably the largest presence in online social gaming today (and…
Case Update: Keller v. Electronic Arts, Inc.
Keller et al. v. Electronic Arts, Inc. et al. U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 09-cv-1967 Case Update: When last we checked in on this case (02/08/2010),…
Case Update: Rubin v. Apple Inc.
Don Rubin v. Apple Inc. et al United States District Court for N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:09-cv-02607, Filed June 9, 2009 Case Update:After surviving Apple’s motion to dismiss, on September 8,…
EFF Files Amicus Brief in support of Datel in case against Microsoft
Datel Holdings Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation United States District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 2009-cv-05535, Filed November 20, 2009 Back in 2009, Microsoft issued a remote update that stopped third-party…
New Case: Deus Ex Preview Leaked
Square Enix Limited v. Does 1-15 U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington Case No. 11-cv-01045, Filed June 22, 2011 Square Enix has filed a new lawsuit against unknown Italian individuals who…
Nintendo Faces Suit over 3DS
Tomita Technologies USA LLC v. Nintendo Co. U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York Case No. 11-cv-04256, Filed June 22, 2011 A technology company based in Japan and the U.S. brought…