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1982 Case: Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc.
Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Civil Action No. 81-3911 Decided July 22, 1982 We are currently updating our site with…
Historical Interlude: The Magnavox Co. v. Mattel, Inc.
An interesting story came across my email recently, and I wanted to share it with our readers, especially the attorneys who follow our blog. For those who don’t know, the Federal Circuit…
Case Update – IPR filed by EA against White Knuckle IP patent on game updates
Back in January we reported a new patent case filed by White Knuckle IP against Electronic Arts over updating sports video games based on real-life events during a season. The asserted patent…
Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al. U.S. District Court decision rendered.
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 On December 22, 2014, this…
Case Decided: Bandspeed, Inc. v. Sony Electronics et al.
Bandspeed, Inc. v. Sony Electronics Inc. et al. United States District Court, Western District of Texas Case No. 09-593, Filed August 7, 2009 This case was terminated on December 14, 2011, after…
Case Decided: Home Gambling Network et al. v. Piche et al.
Home Gambling Network et al. v. Piche et al. Docket No. 2:05-cv-00610 United States District Court, District of Nevada, filed May 16, 2005 On September 30, 2013, the Court issued an order…
UPDATED: T5 Labs, LLC v. Gaikai, Inc.
T5 Labs, LLC v. Gaikai, Inc. United States District Court, District of Delaware Case No. 1:12-cv-01281, Filed October 5, 2012 This case was terminated on April 11, 2014. The parties settled the…
Nintendo Wii Balance Board suit dismissed
Ithaca Ventures k.s. et al. v. Nintendo of America Inc. et al. United States District Court, Western District of Washington 2:14-cv-01512 Filed May 9, 2013 Terminated May 18, 2015 On May 18,…
New Case: Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc.
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc. U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ded-1-15-cv-00282 Filed March 30, 2015 Fresh off their complaint against Activision Blizzard, Acceleration Bay has filed a…
New Case – SyncPoint Imaging, LLC v. Nintendo of America Inc.
SyncPoint Imaging, LLC v. Nintendo of America Inc. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Case No. 2:15-cv-00247, Filed February 20, 2015 A new complaint alleges that Nintendo’s Wii and…
New Case – Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc.
Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Case No. 1-15-cv-00228, Filed March 11, 2015 A new complaint alleges that Activision Blizzard is violating several…
New Case – White Knuckle IP v Electronic Arts
White Knuckle IP, LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc. US District Court for the District of Utah 1:15-cv-00014 Filed January 16, 2015 In a new case, plaintiff White Knuckle IP accuses Electronic Arts…
Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity of Virtual Camera Patent Based on Real-World Prior Art
Gamecaster, Inc. v. Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Case No. 2014-1380 January 8, 2015 The Federal Circuit affirmed a finding by the USPTO during an inter partes…
Nintendo gets second chance from Federal Circuit on 3DS patent suit
Tomita Tech. USA, LLC et al. v. Nintendo Co., LTD et al. Federal Circuit Case No. 2014-1244 (non-precedential) On appeal from S.D.N.Y., case no. 1:11-CV-04256 Back in 2011, Tomita sued Nintendo over…
New Case: Ubisoft v Guitar Apprentice
Ubisoft Entertainment, S.A., v. Guitar Apprentice, Inc. 3:14-CV-05202 Northern District of California Filed November 24, 2014 In a new case, Ubisoft asserts U.S. Pat. No. 8,835,736 against Guitar Apprentice. The ‘736…
Winning the lottery type game is your destiny – Sweepstakes Patent Company
Sweepstakes Patent Company, LLC v. Burns et al. and Mosely et al. Southern District of Florida Case Nos. 0-14-cv-62351 and 0-14-cv-62354 In two new cases, plaintiff Sweepstakes Patent Company (SPC) accuses internet…
Electronic lip syncing patent invalid as abstract idea – 101 analysis based on admitted prior art
McRO, Inc. v. Namco Bandai, et al. Central District of California No. CV 12-10322 September 22, 2014 In a case described by the court as illustrating “the danger that exists when the…
Unlockable Content and Microtransactions in Mobile Games – New Case – Inventor Holdings LLC (D. Del. 2014)
Inventor Holdings, LLC v. [Multiple Defendants] United States District Court for the District of Delaware File Nos. 1-14-cv-01067 (Gameloft); 1-14-cv-01068 (Glu Mobile); 1-14-cv-01069 (Kabam); 1-14-cv-01070 (King.com); 1-14-cv-01071 (ngmoco); 1-14-cv-01072 (Rovio); 1-14-cv-01073 (Supercell)…
Bingo! for Video King – Alice decision applied to bingo manager system
Planet Bingo, LLC v. VKGS LLC (dba Video King) United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit – Nonprecedential – Case No. 2013-1663 Decided: August 26, 2014 In what it called…
Noriega Sues Activision Over Call of Duty Character
Jumping on the “Hey, that’s me!” bandwagon, Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega, 80, filed a lawsuit in California yesterday against video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc., alleging that Call of Duty: Black…