Lawsuits
Case Update: PPC v. Sony (E.D.Tex, filed 7/26/07)
Parallel Processing Corporation v. Sony Corporation of America United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 07-353, Filed July 26, 2007 Case Update: This case was dismissed without prejudice on…
Case Update: WizKids v. WOTC (W.D. Wa)
WizKids Inc. v. Wizards of the Coast Inc. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case No. 2:07-cv-00809-MJP, Filed May 25, 2007 Case Update: This case was dismissed with…
Case Update: Hochstein v. Microsoft
Hochstein et al. v. Microsoft et al. United States District Court for E.D. Mich. Case No. 04-cv-73071, Filed August 11, 2004 Case Update: After 6 long years of litigation, Hochstein’s case against…
News: Nintendo has a Wii patent problem
Case Update: This case is now closed. On March 7, 2007, plaintiff Interlink filed a voluntary dismissal of the case under FRCP 41(a) 1. Specifically this allows for the plaintiff to dismiss…
Update: Freedom Wave v. Mad Catz et al. (P) [C.D. Cal.] 2005
Freedom Wave LLC v. Mad Catz Inc. et al., CV 2:05-cv-02954 (C.D. Cal. 2005) Technology at issue: Wireless game controllers Case Update: This case is now closed. In July of 2005 the…
Update: MP Games v. Shuffle Master (W.D Wash) [P]
MP Games LLC et al. v. Shuffle Master, Inc. Case 2:05-cv-01017 (W.D.Wash., filed 6/6/05) Case Update: Pursuant to an agreement between the parties this case was dismissed with prejudice on October 10,…
The Learning Company sues Zynga for use of “Oregon Trail”
The Learning Company v. Zynga Inc. United States District court for the District of Massachusetts Case No. 11-cv-10894, Filed June 07, 2011 The Learning Company (TLC), creators of the popular computer game…
Case: Microsoft v. i4i – SUPREME COURT DECISION
The long awaited decision in Microsoft v. i4i is out. In short, on June 9, 2011, the United States Supreme Court did a surprising thing: it affirmed! The Supreme Court did not…
Case Update: Innovention Toys vs. MGA Entertainment
This lawsuit has seen a lot of action recently. As previously reported, Innovention Toys LLC (“Innovention”) filed suit against MGA Entertainment Inc., and the retailer defendants (collectively “MGA”), for allegedly infringing U.S.…
Creative Kingdoms Aims Wand at Nintendo
Creative Kingdoms, makers of the MagiQuest live-action role-playing game, has filed a complaint at the International Trade Commission (ITC) against Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc., asking the ITC to…
Activision Blizzard and Zynga Targeted in New Patent Suit by Walker Digital
Walker Digital, LLC, a self-professed “invention” company who claims to hold over 500 patents, has filed suit against Activision, Inc., Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Zynga, Inc. In the complaint, Walker Digital alleges…
9th Circuit Rules in MDY v. Blizzard
A panel of the 9th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s 2009 injunction barring the distribution of the Glider computer program that automatically plays the lower levels of World of Warcraft.…
Case Update: Miller v. Facebook (part 2)
Well, it looks like Facebook’s attempt to have its lawsuit with Daniel Miller dismissed has failed again. The diligent reader will remember from our previous post that Miller brought a claim against…
How About If We Go With “Vulcan Mind” Instead?
Lucasfilm Ltd (Lucasfilm) has sensed a disturbance. They filed suit last week against “Jedi Mind, Inc.” (Jedi Mind) accusing the Nevada company of infringing Lucasfilm’s rights in the “Jedi” trademark (among other…
Gamer Sue for Addiction
I am not sure how this case missed our radar, but here goes… As reported at Wired.com: — A federal judge is allowing a negligence lawsuit to proceed against the publisher of…
Case Update: Miller v. Facebook
Miller v. Facebook Inc. et. al. N.D.Cal., Case no. 10-cv-00264 Facebook’s attempts to end a lawsuit with Daniel Miller before trial has again apparently failed. On July 23, 2010, the United States…
Case Analysis: Sony v. Connectix
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. v. Connectix Corp. 203 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2000) I. Background Connectix Corporation created and sold a software program called “Virtual Game Station” (VGS), an emulator of…
Case Update: Worlds.com Reopened???
In an interesting turn of events, on July 22, 2010, Worlds.com requested that the court reopen its case against NCSoft. The dismissal of the case on April 23, 2010, was conditional on…
Pikachu: “I Sue You!”
Pikachu may be cute, but he’s got teeth. The Pokémon Company Int’l. Inc. (“Pokémon”) filed suit last Friday against Beckett Media LLC (“Beckett”), accusing Beckett of copyright infringement. Specifically, Pokémon alleges that…
Case Analysis: Sony v. Filipiak
Sony Computer Entm’t America, Inc. v. Steven Filipiak, et al. 406 F. Supp. 2d 1068 (N.D. Cal. 2005) In this case decided in 2005, Sony received over $6 million in…