Atari has fired off some stern letters to iPhone games developers, citing infringement of their Breakout intellectual property. Bootant has received a takedown for Break Classic and BreakTouch 3D and SpiffyWare was given a talking to for SuperPong 2 - citing both Breakout and Pong infringements. Thing is, while the Tetris clone Tris was pulled, this was due to the too-similar name - the gameplay was almost certainly not actionable. If Atari are applying the same legal principles, shouldn't they also be going after the producers of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo? Atari's Legal Team Attacking iPhone "Breakout" Clones [Touch Arcade]
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Atari Going After iPhone Breakout Clones
Atari has fired off some stern letters to iPhone games developers, citing infringement of their Breakout intellectual property. Bootant has received a takedown for Break Classic and BreakTouch 3D and SpiffyWare was given a talking to for SuperPong 2 - citing both Breakout and Pong infringements. Thing is, while the Tetris clone Tris was pulled, this was due to the too-similar name - the gameplay was almost certainly not actionable. If Atari are applying the same legal principles, shouldn't they also be going after the producers of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo? Atari's Legal Team Attacking iPhone "Breakout" Clones [Touch Arcade]
















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