Back in federal court on Thursday over retired NFL players’ right of publicity, the players’ case against video game maker Electronic Arts again comes down to whether the average gamer would be able to tell who they are.
Read moreA federal judge on Monday sentenced a Romanian man who launched a cyberattack on the servers of the popular online role-playing game “World of Warcraft” to a year in federal prison.
Read moreNew York’s top court dismissed privacy claims Thursday over a supposed caricature of Lindsay Lohan depicted in the video game “Grand Theft Auto V.”
Read moreVideo game behemoth Blizzard’s legal fight with Chinese competitor Lilith Games ended in a draw Thursday, with a federal judge finding it failed to show Lilith’s mobile game “Soul Hunters” rips off its hit franchises Starcraft and Diablo.
Read moreAttorneys for Lindsay Lohan and “Mob Wives” star Karen Gravano pushed New York’s highest court Wednesday to revive claims about the unsanctioned use of their likenesses in “Grand Theft Auto V.”
Read moreA federal judge granted Niantic’s motion to dismiss patent claims from Location Based Services, which claimed that Niantic’s Pokémon Go game infringed four of its patents.
Read moreAs video game makers hone the digital versions of basketball superstars for the franchise “NBA 2K,” a tattoo artist claims in a federal complaint that they are profiting off the unsanctioned reproductions of his original work.
Read moreA federal judge has preliminarily approved a rejiggered Sony PlayStation 3 class action settlement, after denying final approval because the deal made it too difficult for PS3 users to claim their money.
Read moreAs indictments rock Capitol Hill on Monday, the stock market braces for its own upheaval, including the naming of the next head of the Federal Reserve and a decision from the world’s biggest central banks on interest rates.
Read moreA federal jury found Thursday that video game giant Nintendo must pay $10.1 million for its Wii and Wii U controllers infringing on a Dallas company’s motion-sensor patent.
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After its $30 million patent-infringement verdict against Nintendo went up in smoke, Tomita Technologies has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in.
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Atari sued Nestle on Thursday, claiming the candy giant abused its 1970s game “Breakout” video game — created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak — to sell Kit Kat bars to nostalgic Baby Boomers and other gamers.
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Playing action video games can reduce gray matter in a major part of the brain, increasing the risk of developing brain illnesses and diseases, according to a study published Monday in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
Read moreA federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Thursday against Milwaukee County’s ordinance requiring augmented-reality game makers to obtain a special permit for games like “Pokemon Go.”
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Property owners on Wednesday dropped their class action against Pokemon, abandoning claims that the Pokemon Go game encouraged players to trespass on private property; only Niantic remains as a defendant.
Read moreFive years after bankruptcy capsized the video game company started by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, a judge’s restraining order has thrown a wrench in Rhode Island’s effort to get answers on the pricey boondoggle.
Read moreDion Dimucci, of Dion & the Belmonts, brought a $1 million federal complaint after his song “The Wanderer” aired in an ad for a violent video game without his consent.
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Taking a stand Monday against “piecemeal appeals,” the Supreme Court killed off an attempt to hold Microsoft liable for scratched-up Xbox game discs.
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