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Microsoft, Ubisoft, Nintendo, EA, Harmonix, and Majesco win challenge of motion control patent
On April 9, 2018, the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of defendants Microsoft Corporation, Ubisoft, Inc., Nintendo of America, Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., and Majesco Entertainment in a…
Four Konami Slot Machine Patents Held Invalid
Konami, no stranger to invalidity challenges against their video gaming patents, recently had four more patents directed to slot machines struck down as directed to abstract ideas. On Feb. 21, 2018, the…
Electronic Arts and Ubisoft Sued for Infringement of Database Differences Patent
On Feb. 8, 2018, Pure Data Systems, LLC (“Pure”) sued Electronic Arts, Inc. (“EA”) and Ubisoft, Inc. (“Ubisoft”) for alleged infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,999,947 to Zollinger et al. and 6,321,236…
Nintendo files two IPR Petitions against User Input Stream Patent
On Feb. 7, 2018, Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc. (“Nintendo”) filed two petitions for Inter Partes Review of U.S. 6,219,730 to Nguyen, a patent owned by Genuine Enabling Technology…
Sony Interactive Entertainment files Inter Partes Review of 3D Video Patent
On Feb. 1, Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLC (“Sony”) filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,503,742 (the “’742 Patent”). The prosecution history of the ’742 Patent is not…
iLife wins $10.1 M from Nintendo
On August 31, 2017, a Northern District of Texas jury awarded plaintiff iLife Technologies, Inc. (“iLife”) $10.1 million from Nintendo of America, Inc. (“Nintendo”) for patent infringement. The accused products included Wii…
Another Nintendo Switch Lawsuit, this time against GameStop
Wireless Accessory Retaining, LLC v. GameStop Corp. No. 2:17-CV-167-RWS (N.D. Ga. Aug. 9, 2017) Fresh on the heels of Gamevice’s lawsuit against Nintendo, which we discussed in a previous post, Wireless Accessory…
Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Adobe
Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al. U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 3:12-cv-01971-NC, Filed April 20, 2012 As reported previously, Digital…
Affirmed – White Knuckle Gaming v Electronic Arts
We previously reported on White Kunckle’s assertion of U.S. Pat. No. 8,540,575 against EA. Last year, EA secured a win against the patent under 35 USC 101 when the District of Utah…
Lindsay Lohan’s Grand Theft Auto Suit Dismissed
Lindsay Lohan v. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., 156443/2014, New York State Supreme Court, New York County (Manhattan). In 2014 actress Lindsay Lohan filed suit against Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. claiming that the…
Case Update: McRo Inc. v. Namco Bandai et al. – Reversed on Appeal
MCRO, INC. v. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA INC., at al. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Cases 2015-1080, -1081, -1082, -1083, -1084, -1085, -1086, -1087, -1088, -1089, -1090, -1092, -1093,…
Activision loses data retrieval patent under 35 USC 101
Activision Publishing, Inc. v. xTV Networks LTD., et al. Central District of California CV 16-00737 Order dated July 25, 2016 On Monday, another patent fell to the great patent slayer – 35…
Martin O’Donnell v. Harold Ryan
O’Donnell v. Ryan Case No. 14-2-12439-2 SEA Superior Court of Washington for King County On April 11, 2014, Martin O’Donnell’s employment was terminated by Bungie’s board of directors. O’Donnell had been a…
New Cases – Harmonix v. AI Automation (Rock Band 4)
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. and Mad Catz, Inc. v. AI Automation LLC District of Massachusetts, Case No. 15-CV-14138 Filed December 14, 2015 and AI Automation LLC v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Mad…
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc.
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc. Docket No. 1:15-cv-00282 U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Filed March 30, 2015 On March 30, 2015, Acceleration Bay filed suit against Electronic Arts for…
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. decided
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al. United States District Court, Southern District of California Case No. 3:12-cv-00501, Filed February 28, 2012 On July 2, 2012, Plaintiff Gametek filed a notice of…
New Cases: Virtual Gaming Technologies v. Activision Blizzard. and Konami Gaming
Virtual Gaming Technologies, LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Konami Gaming, Inc. Eastern District of Texas, Cases No. 2-15-cv-02074 and 2-15-cv-02075 Filed December 14, 2015 Plaintiff Virtual Gaming accuses Activision, Konami, and…
McRO v. Namco Bandai UPDATE: Oral Arguments at Federal Circuit
FEDERAL CIRCUIT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS IN MCRO V. NAMCO BANDAI: Will Patent-Eligibility of Computer Software Survive? By Ross A. Dannenberg In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice…
Cherdak v. Nintendo
Cherdak v. Nintendo of North America, Inc. United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia Case No. 2:15-cv-366 Filed August 14, 2015 Plaintiff Erik B. Cherdak is a pro se applicant who…
IPRs Instituted against Worlds Inc Patents, filed by Bungie
It has been a while since we wrote about Worlds, Inc. and their patents directed to receiving position information for avatars in virtual spaces. When we last wrote, it appeared as though…