Patents
Activision Blizzard and Zynga Targeted in New Patent Suit by Walker Digital
Walker Digital, LLC, a self-professed “invention” company who claims to hold over 500 patents, has filed suit against Activision, Inc., Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Zynga, Inc. In the complaint, Walker Digital alleges…
USPTO Patent Dashboard
If you’re looking for some good visualization data of the USPTO backlog, pendency times, and other interesting statistics, check out the USPTO Patent Dashboard, it provides some very useful and interesting metrics.
Patent/Trademark Search iPhone App
Banner & Witcoff’s IP LawyerTM is an iPhone application providing iPhone-customized full search access to patents* and trademarks issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well as corresponding assignments.…
Case Update: Worlds.com Reopened???
In an interesting turn of events, on July 22, 2010, Worlds.com requested that the court reopen its case against NCSoft. The dismissal of the case on April 23, 2010, was conditional on…
Case Analysis: Sega v. Fox
Sega of America v. Fox Interactive et al. N.D. Cal., Filed Dec. 4, 2003, Settled in 2004 In December of 2003, Sega brought a lawsuit against video game publishers Fox Interactive…
Case: Bilski v. Kappos (at last!)
In its long awaited decision, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in the Bilski case. The Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit’s decision, but on different grounds, holding that Mr. Bilski’s…
Case: The Magnavox Co., et al. v. Chicago Dynamic Industries, et al.
The Magnavox Co., et al. v. Chicago Dynamic Industries, et al. 201 U.S.P.Q. 25 (N.D. Ill. 1977) For those of you who love home video games as much as we do, the…
Case: Okor v. Atari Games Corp. et al.
Okor v. Atari Games Corp. et al76 Fed. Appx. 327 (Fed. Cir. 2003). I. Statement of Facts This case is one in a series of attempts by Joseph Kwame Okor to enforce…
Attending Trade Shows Leads to Personal Jurisdiction
Patent Rights Protection Group, LLC (“PRPG”), a patent-holding company, previously filed suits in the District of Nevada accusing various organizations of allegedly infringing U.S. Patents No. 6,475,087 (‘the ‘087 patent) and No.…
Case Update: Worlds.com case SETTLED!
Well folks, looks like Worlds.com v. NCSoft has settled. The court on April 23, 2010, ordered dismissal with prejudice based on a binding settlement agreement between Worlds.com and NCSoft. Terms of the…
ABA IP Section Spring Conference is coming up!
For attorneys, this is the one annual conference that IP lawyers cannot afford to miss. Now in its 25th anniversary year, the Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference of the ABA Section of…
Appeal Update & Decision: Fenner Investments Ltd. v. Microsoft et al.
Back in 2007, Fenner Investment Ltd. sued Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,297,751, relating to low voltage joystick port interfaces. Claim 1 is reproduced below: 1.…
Outrageous! Why am I Outraged?
So word has hit the Internet that Facebook’s U.S. Patent No. 7,669,123, entitled “Dynamically Providing a News Feed About a User of a Social Network,” issued last week, and it’s certainly created…
BOOK RELEASE: Computer Games and Virtual Worlds
The Patent Arcade is pleased to announce that a new book co-edited by our own Ross Dannenberg (i.e., me), and partly authored by our own Steve Chang, is now available for purchase…
Coming soon: New book on Video Game IP Law
We’re getting close… Stay tuned for more information about our new book. I am one of the editors, along with others from my committee at the American Bar Association: Computer Games and…
SAVING PROGRESS…DO NOT SHUT OFF CONSOLE
Every gamer has anxiously awaited this message to appear – you may have just beaten the final boss level after several unsuccessful attempts or you may have finally beaten a friend’s high…
Case Update: Konami and Harmonix AGREE on something!
In an interesting development in the ongoing dispute between Harmonix and Konami over the hammer-on technology in the Rock Band/Guitar Hero games, they have filed a JOINT motion to stay proceedings: Date…
Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. Blockdot, Inc. et al.
As previously reported, Beneficial Innovations, Inc. (“Beneficial”) filed suit in the Eastern District of Texas accusing several entities of willfully infringing claims of U.S. Pat. No. 6,712,702 entitled “Method and system for…
Case Update: Innovention Toys v. MGA Entertainment Inc.
Further to our previous report, a motion for reconsideration was filed by MGA Entertainment Inc. and the retailer defendants in this case, and on November 17, 2009, that motion was denied by…
Checkmate for Innovention?
Innovention Toys LLC (“Innovention”) previously filed suit against MGA Entertainment Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Toys R Us Inc. for allegedly infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,264,242, (“the ‘242 patent”) entitled “Light Reflecting…