Patents
U.S. Patent No. 5,310,192: Shooting Game and External Storage Used Therefor
U.S. Patent No. 5,310,192: Shooting Game and External Storage Used Therefor Issued May 10, 1994, to Nintendo Co. Ltd. Summary: The ‘192 patent describes a shooting game system for shooting targets.…
Case Update: LottoTron, Inc. v. SBG Online Casino et. al.
Case Update: May 2012During August of 2011, US District Court Judge Stanley Chester granted the plaintiff’s motion for entry of default judgment on the count of patent infringement. The plaintiff’s requested an award of…
Case Update: IA Labs v. Nintendo
IA Labs CA, LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al. District of Maryland Civil case No.: 8:10-cv-00833-PJM. Case Update: May 2012 In March 2012, a Maryland District Court judge dismissed IA’s suit…
Case Update: Thorner v. Sony
Thorner et al v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC et al U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (On appeal from the U.S. District court, District of New Jersey) Case No.…
Case Update: Motiva v. Nintendo – Officially moved to Washington
Motiva LLC v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (originally Eastern District of Texas) Case No. 10-cv-349, Filed March 2, 2010 (originally November 10, 2008)…
Microsoft Settles Infringement Suit Over Video Game Controller
Microsoft Corporation v Datel Design and Development Inc., et al U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington Case No. 2:2010cv02065, Filed On December 23, 2010 During December of 2011, a settlement was…
New Case: 21 Gaming Companies Sued Over Virtual Currency Patent Infringement
Gametek LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et al U.S. District for the Southern District of California Case no. 3:12-cv-00501, Filed February 28,2012 Earlier this year, Gametek LLC filed several lawsuits in the…
New Case: Guitar Apprentice v. Ubisoft
Case Update: July 2012: On July 5, Guitar Apprentice filed a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice that has ended litigation started earlier in April. An order of dismissal was signed by…
New Case: TQP v. Big Fish Games (E.D.Tex.)
This one has me a little perplexed. TQP Development sued Big Fish Games for patent infringement of USP 5,412,730. The ‘730 patent appears to cover a technique for sending encrypted data across…
New Case: Worlds, Inc. v. Activision Blizzard
Well it looks like Worlds, Inc. is at it again, and today filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard for patent infringement. Very few details right now, except that case was filed in…
Case: CyberSource v. Retail Decisions
While not a video game case per se, this will likely affect patents claiming video games because the Federal Circuit (a US appeals court for patent matters, among other things) strikes down…
Case Update: Lodsys Amends Suit to Include “Angry Birds”
Lodsys LLC. V. Combay Inc. et al. United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 11-cv-00272, Filed May 31, 2011 Previously, we reported on the ongoing battle between…
Walker Digital Sues 2K Games (Again)
Walker Digital LLC. v. 2K Games Inc. et al U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Case No. 11-cv-00649, Filed July 22, 2011 Earlier this year we reported on Walker Digital’s…
Case Update: Prime Table Games v. Nat’l Table Games
Prime Table Games, LLC v. National Table Games Corp. United States District Court for S.D. Miss. Case No. 3:09-cv-346HTW-LRA, Filed June 11, 2009 Case Update: On October 7, 2009, Prime Table filed…
Walker Digital Sues The Internet (almost)
Walker Digital LLC v. 2K Games Inc. et al U.S. District Court, District of Delaware Case No. 1:11-cv-00368-GMS, Filed April 25, 2011 Earlier this year we reported on Walker Digital’s suit against…
Case Update: LottoTron v. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group
LottoTron, Inc. v. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group United States District Court for D. N.J. Case No. 2:09-cv-03811-FSH-MAS, Filed July 31, 2009 Case Update: Pursuant to a request by the plaintiff, this case…
Digital Reg v. Adobe
Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 6:11-cv-00305, Filed June 14, 2011 This recently filed case coming out of…
Apple Intervenes in App Patent Suit
Lodsys LLC. V. Combay Inc. et al. United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas Case No. 11-cv-00272, Filed May 31, 2011 Seven developers of iPhone applications, including the developers of games…
Case Update: Hillcrest v. Nintendo
Hillcrest Laboratories Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al United States District Court, District of Maryland Case No. 8:08-cv-02188-RWT, Filed August 20, 2008 Case Update: On September 24, 2009, the parties submitted…
Case Update: ADC Technology v. Microsoft et al
ADC Technology Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et al United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case No. 2:08-cv-01579-RSM, Filed October 27, 2008 Case Update: On July 9, 2009, ADC…