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payday
Microsoft Settles Its $90 Million Halo Suit
Someone at sue-happy company PalTalk just got paid. Microsoft has settled with the company that filed suit against the Xbox 360 maker over patent infringement claims related to Halo multiplayer. Make it rain, PalTalk! More »
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Comment by Gyaruson: Way back in the day I patented this method of transportation, utilizing only your God-given attributes and abilities in a... 12 Responses | Other threads
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lawsuits
Worlds.com Targets World of Warcraft, Second Life For Patent Suit
Virtual world patent holder Worlds.com filed suit against NCSoft in December, claiming its games, including City of Heroes and Guild Wars, were violating its patent for multiplayer virtual environments. And it won't stop there. More »
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Comment by Derek Rumpler: How do you really patent this stuff? At its core concept, its a chatroom. Are you saying video games can't have... 14 Responses | Other threads
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lawsuits
Microsoft Sued For $90 Million Over Halo Patent Infringement Claim
New York based PalTalk Holdings filed suit against Microsoft over two years ago, claiming that the company violated two patents with its Xbox Live service, singling out the multiplayer infrastructure of its Halo games. More »
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Comment by Richards | PSN: F4WMR: but halo looks like nothing and is garbage... but i cant knock there marketing campaign, now if all that effort... 14 Responses | Other threads
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guitar hero
Court Denies Gibson's Guitar Hero Lawsuit
Guitar manufacturer Gibson's grand plans to sue Activision over its Guitar Hero series have been dashed, as the District Court for the Central District of California has ruled against Gibson, denying its patent infringement claims. More »
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Comment by HyeVoltage: Why sue? You could have a beautiful, mutually profitable relationship together. 7 Responses | Other threads
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boston legal
Harmonix Sues Konami Over Rock Revolution
Rock Band developer Harmonix is turning the legal tables on Konami, slapping the publisher-developer with a lawsuit of its own. No, not for pain and suffering caused by Rock Revolution, but for patent infringement. More »
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Comment by BrownBoognish: I would like to sue Konami for making shitty music games. 24 Responses | Other threads
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lawsuits
Who's Konami Suing Now?
Pentavision! Who's that? Why, the Korean developer of the DJ Max and DJ Max Portable series of rhythm games, of course! At issue was that Pentavision made a music game without Konami's permission. More »
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Comment by Jtn: They're butt-hurt that they didn't think Americans would enjoy music games. 14 Responses | Other threads
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midway
Midway Cleared Of Psi-Ops Copyright Infringement
A federal judge has ruled in favor of Midway in a copyright infringement case over its 2004 game Psi-Ops. A California screenwriter sued the publisher last year, claiming Midway swiped elements from his movie script, also titled Psi-Ops.
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Comment by Acebuckeye13: I'd like to see that script. And the game, as I never played it, incidently. 6 Responses | Other threads
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lawsuits
Strip Club Loses Its Suit ... Against Rockstar
Ah, the Pig Pen, East Los Santos. I've blown many wads of cash there in my time, and left it about as fulfilled as I have any other strip club in real life. Speaking of unfulfillment and real life strip clubs, the PlayPen of East Los Angeles — notice any similiarities? — lost a federal appeal in a lawsuit against Rockstar Games, alleging the game infringed on its trademarks.
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By Owen GoodComment by goobermaster: [i]'Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain'[/i] That would be an insanely awesome WoW name... 4 Responses | Other threads
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lawsuits
THQ Sues Activision Over Baja Box Art Rip
Seems that someone at THQ — most likely someone in the legal department — thinks the box art for Activision's upcoming off-road racer SCORE International Baja 1000: The Official Game looks a teensy bit too much like the box art for Baja: Edge of Control. This may be due to that someone at THQ having properly functioning eyeballs. The two multi-platform racers are planned for release just a month apart — THQ's Baja effort shipped end of September — leading THQ to file suit. More »
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Comment by Dumad: You have to be a totally blind moron to get confused with those huge letters in the front!! I think THQ... 8 Responses | Other threads
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legal eagles
EA Sued Over Copyright Infringement In Ten NCAA Games
Gerald Willis, who composed the University of Nevada Las Vegas fight song "Win With the Rebels," has filed suit against Electronics Arts over the company's commercial use of his song in ten video games. The NCAA licensed titles under contention include NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball, NCAA March Madness and NCAA Baseball series, spanning from 2005 to 2008. More »
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Comment by Ad-hominem: God, what a loser. $150,000 per infringement? Yeah. Sure. Like anybody, anywhere would have noticed, or even given a damn if... 13 Responses | Other threads
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lawsuits
Lawsuit: Retired NFLers Cheated by EA, Union
A suit brought by retired NFL players not only alleges they're due money for Electronic Arts' use of their likenesses and career stats, but also that their own union brokered a below-market deal as a favor to EA, helping it secure exclusive NFL rights for its Madden franchise. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by captainapplesauce: Aw... poor mistreated football players. Yeah, they're all hurting for the money. 11 Responses | Other threads
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virtual worlds
The Business of 'Avatar Rights'
The rights of 'avatars' — more to the point, the people who control them and their virtual assets — is an interesting and murky part of legal issues, EULAs, and player-company relations. Court cases have been tried over 'illegal' seizing of assets, and with the amount of time (and money) that people pour into their online characters and assets, we can expect to see more and more real-world legal problems related to virtual issues. But are companies on the ball?: More »
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Comment by +: NO, they do NOT have ANY value. If you want to get technical, items are just little bits of coding in... 5 Responses | Other threads
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piracy
UK Game-Sharers Being Sued; Peter Moore Says Bad Idea
In the United Kingdom, Atari, Codemasters and three other game companies are going to court to demand GBP300 from 25,000 file-sharers, reports The Times of London. Apparently, file-sharing got really obnoxious recently — 691,000 downloads of Operation Flashpoint by Codemasters in one week alone. So the five have asked the court to demand internet service providers turn over information on all 25,000 accused of breaking the law. Those users will get notices inviting them to pay up or face prosecution, and the first 500 to ignore it get sued. More » -
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Nintendo Loses in Bid to Reduce Patent Infringe Penalty
You may recall that earlier in May, Nintendo was pinched to the tune of $21 million in a patent infringement suit brought by Texas-based Anascape. Upon further review, the play stands — a U.S. District Court judge denied Ninty's pretty-please to cut that $21 mil to a less lottoriffic number. So unless they want to take this up the ladder to a U.S. federal appeals court, they'll be cutting a check for that number. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Ryodestined: Can't they just call their designs fan art and leave it at that? more » | Other threads
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news
Take-Two's Zelnick Goes All-Out In Annual Meeting
GTA IV is complete and in production; the trucks are set to begin shipments to retail. This is just one item of positive news that Take-Two's executives touted at their annual shareholder meeting.
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Comment by TheGreenMan: It's simple for me from what I've been hearing through friends who worked for both companies about this: EA = The... more » | Other threads
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news
Shareholder Sues Take-Two Over EA Bid
Take-Two is apparently the object of a class-action suit by one of its alleged shareholders who claims, basically, that the circumstances surrounding Take-Two's refusal to sell to Electronic Arts are so fiscally irresponsible it's criminal.
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Comment by joelface: caution to shareholder: don't piss off GTA fans, they've been training on murder simulators. more » | Other threads
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ncsoft
NCsoft Shuts Down Illegal Servers
NCsoft is stepping up the battle against IP theft, in this case targeting illegal servers in eastern Europe (concentrating on Greece and Russia). Last year, they successfully brought a suit against a Greek company who was profiting from the use of illegal Lineage II servers; they're continuing the global fight. Full release after the jump. More »
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Comment by ehlaren: @Obijuan: They came up to me and said hp++++++++. I replied adena+++++++++. more » | Other threads
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lawsuits
Gibson Adds To Activision's Legal Troubles
It would appear that Harmonix isn't the only Activision partner who has is in a legal tiff with the publisher. More »
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Comment by Dragoonkin: @kunio: The Aussie edition is done by Allure Media, not by the "normal" Kotaku team. I'm assuming there's some sort of... more » | Other threads
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cdc games
Mgame, CDC Settle Yulgang Dispute
Last year, CDC Games (China) and Mgame (Korea) got into a heated legal battle over the status of Yulgang in Mainland China: CDC sued Mgame for breach of contract, and Mgame said they dropped CDC since they weren't paying per the terms of that same contract. But, just as was predicted last November, the two companies have kissed and made up: More »
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Comment by sonicdeathmonkeys: CDC Corp which owns CDC Games (and controls the China.com protal which is also a public company) is listed on... more » | Other threads
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china
Mgame and CDC Lawsuit To Reach Happy Conclusion?
My weekends these days aren't complete without a helping of the week's Chinese game company lawsuit goodness (hey, it beats grading papers), and it looks like - despite China-based CDC Games and Mgame tossing around heated legalese the past few weeks - the companies are primed to kiss and make up. The CEOs from both companies met in Seoul to sign an agreement to 'negotiate in good faith' to reach some sort of mutually agreeable resolution to the battle over popular MMORPG Yulgang. Just last week, CDC Games was still claiming breech of contract and Mgame was screeching about non-payment, but the tune has definitely changed: More »
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Comment by WK016: Now if only Silicon Knights and Epic made up that easily... more » | Other threads
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lawsuits
CDC Games Sues South Korean Company
Well, the Chinese gaming world is certainly turning into a sue-happy place as of late: CDC Games, the same company that has launched an assault on piracy, is now suing South Korean-based MGame Corporation in both South Korea and Hong Kong. Earlier this week, CDC leveled charges at MGame of providing really crappy tech support for Yulgang, a popular MMORPG, and failing to back up CDC in their quest to end piracy; after filing those suits in Hong Kong, CDC moved on to South Korean courts, alleging MGame breached a contract and failed to provide financial data. While MGame hasn't commented on these charges, CDC notes that MGame has terminated their contract with the company, citing non-payment (oops): More »
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Comment by Spartan1308™: @ZWCoolkid: Yeah, the Centers for Disease Control really shouldn't be spending time suing game companies w/this MRSA thing going on. more » | Other threads
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blizzard
Blizzard Sues WoW Glider
It was only a matter of time before Blizzard and Vivendi took up arms against the creator of WoW Glider, a program that basically turns your character into one of those annoying bots you see running about Felwood, getting all the essence of water so you can't make your damn Robe of the Archmagi (now obsolete and useless), and that is just what they've done, filing suit against MDY Industries and Michael Donnelly in Arizona this past Friday. Blizzard states that WoW Glider infringes their IP, allows cheating, encourages players to break the EULA and circumvents copyright protections. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by cippycup: the question really is who gives a shit? mmo's are a waste of time and if there is a... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Pi-face: This gets me unbelievably sad, astonished, and disappointed that such a big company raped lik-sang. And for those of... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by ablemancain: Personally, I see no harm in boys kissing boys, so I can see no good reason to keep children of... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by ablemancain: How about pointing out where simultaneous masturbation/electrocution fetishism and pedophilia appear in the Bible? more » | Other threads
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By egaugerComment by Thono_Sakurai: @Virgil Tibbs: Uh-oh you poor thing. Maybe if you knew how to read you'd know it was that bitch who... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by MobileMilitia: wow, you're obviously a law student! this whole suit thing is lame and will hopefully be dropped. i like the sg... more » | Other threads
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By kotaku.comComment by Falconfire: Before RO had In The Groove, they used Konami's DDR badging against trademark. The suit between the two is both... more » | Other threads
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high score
High Score: The Best of Kotaku
So much fighting going on this week. Here's what all the hubbub's been about at Kotaku for the week of June 18. More » -
epilepsy
James Sokolove Feels Out Epilepsy Lawsuit Against Game Industry
If you've ever felt a molten explosion in your brain while playing a video game and found yourself on the floor, your spine whipping about like an unleashed firehose, you may very well be in luck. James Sokolove is interested in your story. More importantly, he's interested in suing the game industry for you. More »
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By brownleeComment by Chilly Hollow: Jimmy! I thought he was probably retired (or dead) as he's in his late 60s. He was one... more » | Other threads
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lawsuits
First EA, Now Activision Sued For Unpaid Overtime
EA Spouse, what hast thou wrought? First, you brought the mighty colossus — EA — to its knees by inspiring a $14.1 million dollar lawsuit against them for unpaid overtime. And now you've become a patron saint of another plaintiff in his suit against Activision. More » -
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Lucent Sues Microsoft Over 360
Lucent Technologies patent number 5,227,878 has long been a thorn in Microsoft's side. It features "adaptive coding and decoding of frames and fields of video," in relation to MPEG 2 video content. Lucent's been trying to get a hunk of change out of Microsoft for years, but their last bout three years ago over the same patent ended in a triumph for Microsoft — they convinced the judge to throw out the case because of a typo in the lawsuit. Got to love the justice system. More » -
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Infinium sued
To the surprise of absolutely no one, an investment bank has sued Infinium, maker of the Phantom console. "Maker," of course, is probably too strong a word, since the Phantom has seemingly been on the drawing board longer than the cold-fusion reactor. SBI-USA was apparently stupid enough to purchase $44 million in stock from Infinium, and now it's suing for fraud and breach of contract. I so need to set a meeting with SBI-USA re: this nice bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan I've got for sale.
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