Northern District of California
New Case: Technology Properties Limited LLC et al v. Nintendo Co., Ltd et al
Technology Properties Limited LLC et al v. Nintendo Co., Ltd et al U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case no. 5:2012cv03881 , Filed on July 24, 2012 On July 24, 2012,…
Electronic Arts Reaches $27 Million Settlement in Antitrust Suit
Pecover et al v. Electronic Arts Inc. U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 08-cv-02820 CW, Filed June 5, 2008 A settlement has finally been reached in the lengthy…
New Case: OG International, LTD. et al v. Ubisoft Entertainment et al
OG International, LTD. et al v. Ubisoft Entertainment et al United States District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 3:2011cv04980, Filed On October 7, 2011 Both OG International and Ubisoft create games that…
New Case: Shared Memory Graphics, LLC v. Apple Inc.
Shared Memory Graphics, LLC v. Apple Inc. et al United States District Court,Northern District of California Case No. 3:10-cv-02475, Filed On June 4, 2010 In June of 2010, Shared Memory Graphics, LLC initiated a…
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),…
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…
CASE UPDATE: Zynga v. John Does 1-5
Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. John Does 1-5 U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 09-cv-02441, Filed June 2, 2009 Final Update: This case was voluntarily dismissed without…
Zynga Files Two New Cases
Zynga Game Network, Inc. v. Duc Doan U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 09-cv-02958, Filed July 1, 2009 Case Update: This case was dismissed on September 25, 2009, following…
CASE UPDATE: Eros LLC v. Linden Research, Inc.
Eros, LLC et al v. Linden Research, Inc. et al U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 09-cv-04269, Filed September 15, 2009 Final Update: This case was moved from court…
News: Forterra Systems sues Avatar Factory
Forterra Systems, Inc. v. Avatar Factory case 5:05-cv-04472-PVT, N.D. Cal Case Update: Following a confidential settlement by the parties, this case was dismissed with prejudice on January 17, 2008. Original Post: Forterra…
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 Update: Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc.
On Friday, March 5, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted Sony’s motion for summary judgment in Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc., Case No.…
Copyright in Screen Shots – Sony v. Bleem (9th Cir. 2000)
Sony Computer Entertainment America v. Bleem, LLC 214 F.3d 1022 (9th Cir. 2000) Background Bleem marketed a software emulator that allowed users to play Sony Playstation games on their personal computers. Bleem’s…
Case Update: Worlds.com v. NCSoft (E.D.Tex., filed Dec. 24, 2008)
This litigation has been transferred to the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division). Specifically, NCSoft filed a motion in the Eastern District of Texas alleging that, other than the marketing and…
New Case: Keller v. Electronic Arts [Publicity]
Samuel Michael Keller v. Electronic Arts inc. et al. case number 09-cv-1967 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California From Law360: Law360, New York (May 06, 2009) — A former…
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: Zynga v. CLZ Concepts (filed 2/27/09, ND Cal.) [copyright]
Zynga Game Network on February 27, 2009, filed suit against CLZ Concepts, Jeff Chen, and James Zhang asserting copyright infringement. The case is 3:09-cv-00854-EMC in the District Court for the Northern District…
News: Sony and Immersion at it again…
As reported by the IP Law Bulletin, Sony and Immersion are back in court: Sony has accused Immersion of fraud, alleging the company withheld statements from the inventor of the technology in…
Case: Atari v. Nintendo (N.D. Cal. 1993) [C,P]
Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. 30 U.S.P.Q.2d 1401 (N.D. Cal. 1993) (Atari II) Following a 1992 Federal Circuit ruling upholding a preliminary injunction in favor of Nintendo (see…