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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…
U.S. Patent No. 9,427,668: Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus for improved collision detection in a video game
U.S. Patent No. 9,427,668: Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus for improved collision detection in a video game Issued August 30, 2016, to Nintendo Co., Ltd. Priority Date May 29,…
U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849: Augmented reality playspaces with adaptive game rules
U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849: Augmented reality playspaces with adaptive game rules Issued September 27, 2016, to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC Priority Date November 03, 2011 Summary: U.S. Patent No. 9,454,849 (the…
U.S. Patent No. 9,566,503: Massively single-playing online game
U.S. Patent No. 9,566,503 Massively single-playing online game Issued February 14, 2017, to Nintendo Co. Ltd. Priority Date February 2, 2010 Summary: A huge draw to online games, especially MMORPGs, is the…
U.S. Patent No. 9,616,345: Systems and methods for crowd-sourced game strategy
U.S. Patent No. 9,616,345: Systems and methods for crowd-sourced game strategy Issued April 11, 2017, to Electronic Arts Inc. Priority Date July 1, 2014 Summary: Playing EA’s Madden can be daunting because…
U.S. Patent No. 8,944,919: Network game system for executing event in network game
U.S. Patent No. 8,944,919: Network game system for executing event in network game Issued February 3, 2015 to Square Enix Summary: This patent relates to a network game such as an MMORPG in…
U.S. Patent No. 6,488,505: System and method of vehicle competition with enhanced ghosting features
U.S. Patent No. 6,488,505: System and method of vehicle competition with enhanced ghosting features Issued December 3, 2002, to Midway Games West Inc. Priority Date July 15, 1999 Summary: U.S. Patent No.…
Striking from the Shadows
Infernal Technology, LLC et al v. Crytek GmbH United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Docket No. 2-18-cv-00284, filed July 10, 2018 On July 10, 2018, Infernal Technology and Terminal Reality…
Candy Crush Pushing into Possible Patent Infringement
Groove Digital, Inc. v. King.com, LTD. et al., United States District Court for the District of Delaware, 1-18-cv-00836, filed 06/04/2018 On June 4, 2018, Groove Digital filed a lawsuit in the District…
Case Update: GAT v. Activision Blizzard et al.
Game and Technology v. Activision Blizzard et al., C.D. Cal., Case No. 2:16-cv-06499-MLH-SK, Filed August 29, 2016 On March 14, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) invalidated U.S. Patent No.…
PTAB Institutes Inter Partes Review of Group Messaging Patent
On May 15, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “PTAB”) instituted two Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) proceedings against U.S. 5,822,523 (the “’523 Patent”). The ’523 Patent generally relates to group…
Gamevice v Nintendo – Let’s try this again, at the ITC
Certain Portable Gaming Console Systems with Attachable Handheld Controllers and Components Thereof International Trade Commission, Inv. No. 337-TA-1111 -and- Gamevice, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al CAND-3-18-cv-01942 Last year, we reported…
WWE Star Randy Orton’s Tattoo Artist Sues WWE, Take Two, 2K over In-Game Tattoos
On April 17, 2018, Catherine Alexander, a tattoo artist from Illinois, sued Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 2K Games, Inc., 2K Sports, Inc., World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (the “WWE”), Visual Concepts Entertainment, Yuke’s…
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…