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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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Blizzard Takes New Stance on Custom Game IP

Blizzard Takes New Stance on Custom Game IP Following the release of the remastered edition of Blizzard Entertainment’s classic real-time strategy game “Warcraft 3” as “Warcraft 3: Reforged,” Blizzard also updated its…

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Video Game Chic

Video Game Chic In a totally unexpected twist, luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton has announced a partnership with video game developer Riot Games to design in-game champion skins for the game League…

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Riot Games Rioting Over Esports Team’s Trademark Infringement

Riot Games Rioting Over Esports Team’s Trademark Infringement Riot Games Inc. v. Riot Squad Esports LLC United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No. 2:19-cv-08626 Filed October 7,…

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Bots and Cheaters Lose as League of Legends is awarded a $10 Million Payout

Riot Games, Inc. v. Stefan Delgado Argote et al Case number 2:16-cv-05871 District Court for the Central District of California Decided: March 1st 2017 In August 2016, California-based Riot Games, Inc. sued…

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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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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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Blizzard files Inter Partes Review re: World of Warcraft Mounts, Citing Dungeons and Dragons

On November 6, 2017, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (“Blizzard”) filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) against Game and Technology Co. Ltd. (“GAT”).  Blizzard is challenging claims 1-7 of U.S. Patent No.…

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