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Microsoft in Legal Battle with Worlds Inc. Over Alleged Patent Infringement in Minecraft

Microsoft in Legal Battle with Worlds Inc. Over Alleged Patent Infringement in Minecraft Worlds Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. Case No. 6:20-cv-00872 United States District Court for the Western District of Texas Filed…

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PalTalk Heads to the Federal Circuit

PalTalk Heads to the Federal Circuit PalTalk Holdings Inc. v. Riot Games Inc. et al. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Case Nos.: 19-2035, 19-2036, 19-2037, and 19-2038 Filed…

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Princeton Digital v. Konami

Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Case number 1:12-cv-01461 U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware Motion to dismiss granted-in-part and denied-in-part: March 30, 2017 In November 2012,…

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Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Obviousness Ruling

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Obviousness Ruling Game and Technology Co. Ltd. v. Activision Blizzard Inc. et al. Case Number 18-1981 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, June 21, 2019 To…

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Valve’s IPR Petitions Run Out of Steam

Valve Corp. v. Electronic Scripting Products IPR2019-00062 Decision Issued: April 2, 2019     On April 2, 2019, The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) declined Valve’s petition to institute an Inter…

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Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc.

Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc. 903 F.3d 1237 (Fed Cir. 2018) Back in September 2018, the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB decision to invalidate U.S. Patent Nos. 7,945,856, 8,082,501, and 8,145,988 because…

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Supercell OY v. GREE, Inc.

Supercell OY v. GREE, Inc. PGR2018-00008 Filed November 7, 2017, Decided January 2, 2019 On January 2, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a final written decision in a post-grant…

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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…

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Sony Files for Another IPR on a Patent Relating to Stereoscopic Images

On May 22, 2018, Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony) filed a petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent 8,206,218 (the ‘218 Patent), owned by Techno View IP. The ‘218 Patent is related…

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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.…

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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…

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