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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…
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…