video games
Gaming Kiosks
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a ruling against a video gaming machine company whose gaming kiosks were declared illegal gambling machines and seized by law enforcement. The kiosks can be used for non-gambling purposes but can also be used by customers who pay to play a game in which they can win or lose cash prizes based on chance.
Read moreTattoos
A federal judge in New York ruled in favor of a video game developer in a copyright infringement suit brought by a company that claimed to own tattoo designs on certain basketball players – including LeBron James – whose images were featured in its games. The court ruled that tattooists granted the players “nonexclusive licenses” to use the tattoos as part of their likenesses.
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Feds Shut Down Russian Hacking Site, Arrest Manager
The FBI on Tuesday shut down a Russian-based cyber platform which had more than $17 million in sales for criminal products and services – the largest centralized platform for purchasing compromised social media and financial accounts – following the arrest of its administrator, a hacker who stole customers’ personal information from U.S.-based companies.
Read moreZynga Data Breach
A federal class action claims Zynga allowed hackers to compromise 173 million of its video game accounts, exposing users’ personal information.
Read moreSony Sued
A federal class action accuses Sony Interactive Entertainment of targeting children with free games and apps where they can buy game currency with real money, without parental permission.
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NTSB: Driver in Fatal Tesla Crash Was Playing Video Game
The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a video game on his smartphone at the time.
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‘Fortnite’ Creator Ducks Bulk of Boy’s Suit Over In-App Purchases
It doesn’t take long for anyone who has ever played a free online video game to realize that those games do cost money – sometimes a lot. This is why video game companies eventually came up with the idea to call them “free to play,” denoting that there will at some point come a time when the user is compelled to pull out their credit card.
Read moreVideo Games
Stone Interactive Ventures claims in federal court that Electronic Arts violates two of its video game patents.
Read moreSuing Slack
Shareholders sued Slack Technologies in a class action, claiming it made misrepresentations in its IPO announcement and registration, and the share price fell from $38.50 on opening day of June 20 to less than $26 today — a loss of $1.48 billion in market cap, in San Mateo County Court.
Read moreDon’t Catch ‘Em All
A federal judge signed off on a settlement Friday in which “Pokemon Go” maker Niantic agrees to set up a way for property owners to have targets removed from their properties, in hopes of ending the barrage of game-playing trespassers at cemeteries, Washington’s Holocaust Museum and the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Read morePokemon
A revised class action settlement over Pokemon Go’s placing of digital targets on private property was submitted Thursday for approval by a federal judge in California.
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Activision Shareholders Sue After Company’s Split With ‘Destiny’ Developer
(CN) – Shareholders are suing video game company Activision Blizzard Inc. after a schism between the company and Bungie Inc.
Read moreTrademark
Atari Interactive claims in a federal complaint that the video game “Foot Pong” sold by Target Corp. violates trademark on “Pong,” the first commercially successful video game.
Read moreVideo Game
A federal class action claims that Epic Games “exploits players, including minors, by inducing them to purchase in-game loot boxes” in its Fortnite Save the World game.
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Delaware Court Sides with Viacom in Post-Merger Earn-Out Payments Dispute with Harmonix Shareholders
(CN) – The Delaware Superior Court ruled in favor of media giant Viacom after former shareholders of Harmonix Music Systems, a video game company, filed suit following Viacom’s acquisition of the game developer in 2006.
Read moreDropping the Carlton
Actor Alfonso Ribeiro of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” fame has dropped his copyright infringement lawsuit against digital gaming company Take-Two Interactive, in which he claimed the company used his “Carlton Dance” move in its games without his permission.
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