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Piecing It Together: Inside KingsIsle’s Jigsaw Game Patent
Mobile devices can be handy, but their small screens can make certain kinds of games difficult to play. Recognizing this issue, U.S. Pat. No. 10,646,773, assigned to KingsIsle Entertainment (known for Wizard101…
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…
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…
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 Update: Zynga Game Network v. Playdom
Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. Playdom, Inc. United States District Court for N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:09-cv-02748-EMC, Filed June 19, 2009 Case Update: This case was dismissed on November 18, 2010. On…
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.…
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 Analysis: Debonneville v. Pierce
Debonneville v. Pierce United States District Court for C.D. Cal. Case No. 2:07-CV-03776-R-MAN), Settled May 5, 2008 This wasn’t an IP lawsuit, but it was a bitter dispute between…
Law360 Article: Virtual-World Conflicts Lead To Real-World Suits
There’s an interesting article on Law360 today: Virtual-World Conflicts Lead To Real-World Suits. Here’s an excerpt from the article: Law360, New York (June 08, 2010) — As the market for online games…
Case Update: Worlds.com case SETTLED!
Well folks, looks like Worlds.com v. NCSoft has settled. The court on April 23, 2010, ordered dismissal with prejudice based on a binding settlement agreement between Worlds.com and NCSoft. Terms of the…
BOOK RELEASE: Computer Games and Virtual Worlds
The Patent Arcade is pleased to announce that a new book co-edited by our own Ross Dannenberg (i.e., me), and partly authored by our own Steve Chang, is now available for purchase…
Coming soon: New book on Video Game IP Law
We’re getting close… Stay tuned for more information about our new book. I am one of the editors, along with others from my committee at the American Bar Association: Computer Games and…
Case Analysis: Hernandez v. IGE
Hernandez v. Internet Gaming Entertainment, LTD. United States District Court for S.D. Fla. Case No. 1:07-CIV-21403-JIC, Filed May 31, 2007, Settled August 26, 2008 Much like Blizzard v. In Game Dollar, this…
Case Analysis: Blizzard Entertainment v. In Game Dollar
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. v. In Game Dollar, LLC United States District Court for C.D. Cal. Case No. SACV07-0589-JVS, Filed May 22, 2007, Settled January 28, 2008 On May 22, 2007, Blizzard Entertainment,…
News: Worlds.com patent invalid???
Article One Partners is a company that offers rewards to people for finding prior art that can be used to try to invalidate patents, and Article One is willing to pay serious…
New Case: IQ Biometrix, Inc. v. Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. et al.
IQ Biometrix, Inc. v. Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. et al. United States District Court for N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division Case No.: 1:09-cv-03180, Filed May 27, 2009 IQ Biometrix, Inc. on May 27,…
Case Update: Worlds.com asserts second patent
Sorry for the delay on this, but on March 23, 2009, Worlds Inc. amended its complaint in the lawsuit against NCSoft to assert a second patent. The lawsuit now involves both of…
Case Update: Worlds.com v. NCSoft
You may recall that Worlds.com sued NCSoft last Christmas Eve in the Eastern District of Texas. In an interesting development, the case has been transferred to the Northern District of California. On…
Case Update: MDY v. Blizzard
The creator of a software bot designed to allow users of Blizzard Entertainment Inc.’s World of Warcraft to continue playing the online role-playing game while away from their computers remains on the…
CASE SETTLED: Square Enix v. various sword retailers
On February 24, 2009, Square Enix settled another lawsuit. According to its press release, the lawsuit named at least four national wholesalers of unlicensed sword replicas and their principals that have infringed…