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Viacom is fighting an order to pay Rock Band makers Harmonix Music Systems $383 million, or a bit more than half of the money sought by the former shareholders in a long-running legal dispute over unpaid bonuses. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5871603&view=rss&microfeed=true A California judge ruled this week that Activision Blizzard Inc. has enough evidence to proceed with their $400 million lawsuit against Electronic Arts over the loss of developers Jason West and Vince Zampella. The Modern Warfare suite kicked off a flurry or suits and counter-suits, each one more fanciful and surreal then the last. More »
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The iPhone is such a great interface for phone calls, mobile office work and gaming that Apple claims that competitor HTC stole it when they made their own smart phone. More »
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Hillcrest Laboratories sued Nintendo today claiming the game maker is using their motion-control inventions in the Wii, Bloomberg reports. More »
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Activision, beleaguered of late with Guitar Hero related lawsuits, went on the offensive today responding to claims by Gibson that Guitar Hero infringes on a nine year old patent for technology to simulate a musical performance. More »
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Kohnke Communication's suit against Star Trek Online developer Perpetual Entertainment is "vague, uncertain, ambiguous and unintelligible" according to a recent filing made by the developer. More »
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It looks like the shoe is on the other foot, or maybe it just dropped, I always confuse my metaphors. Game Politics is reporting that Take-Two is suing Jack Thompson claiming, among other things, that his previous actions have essentially set Jack up as a "private attorney general on behalf of the State of Florida." More »
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Silicon Knights is suing Epic Games alleging that the developer's Unreal Engine 3 code is inadequate and has "caused serious damage to not only Silicon Knights, but a number of other developers in the industry," GameDaily Biz reports. More »
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Shoe, meet other foot. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=244805&view=rss&microfeed=true Yesterday, a federal jury ordered that Microsoft has to pay up $1.5 billion in damages to telcom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, according to the Associated Press. More »
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Talk about a day late and a dollar short, New York-based company Paltalk has filed suit against Microsoft for allegedly infringing on two of their patents in the creation of Xbox Live. More »
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More EA unrest is brewing, this time in sunny, anti-union Florida where an interface artist for the gaming giant has filed a suit, Game Politics is reporting. Tam Su, who worked at Tiburon Studios on NFL Street and NASCAR: Chase for the Cup 2005, is claiming that EA violated the federal Fair Labor Standards ACT by not paying him overtime. Last week, Su s lawyers filed to have the claim turned into a class action for all EA employees in Florida with the job title of assistant artist or associate artist. More »
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