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Reporting and commentary on games industry issues and related regulatory matters

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#Valve has just won a $152K jury verdict against an inventor named Leigh Rothschild and his former attorney under an anti-patent-troll law in the State of Washington. They don't need the money and litigation costs were higher anyway. It's about deterring bad-faith assertions.
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After 15 years of suing third-party Wii controller maker Bigben (Nacon) over a patent, #Nintendo has won a 7 million euro damages judgment — which is now being appealed Prediction: the dispute with @Palworld_EN won't last even a third as long. gamesfray.com/after-15-years…
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ipfray@ipfray·
‘Striking’ and ‘extremely rare’: Japanese patent community reacts to USPTO Director Squires #Nintendo patent reexamination order ipfray.com/striking-and-e…
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games fray@games_fray·
This could be the most important development for the smartphone business in the Android-iPhone era since the launch of the Apple and Google app stores. If this goes through and developers and consumers value the benefits, it will put enormous pressure on Apple to open up.
Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic

Google has made an awesome proposal, subject to court approval, to open up Android in the US Epic v Google case and settle our disputes. It genuinely doubles down on Android's original vision as an open platform to streamline competing store installs globally, reduce service fees for developers on Google Play, and enable third-party in-app and web payments. This is a comprehensive solution, which stands in contrast to Apple’s model of blocking all competing stores and leaving payments as the only vector for competition. The public filings are live.

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games fray@games_fray·
Japan Patent Office rejects @Nintendo application relevant to @Palworld_EN dispute, cites games like ARK as prior art after third-party submission Is Pocketpair behind that submission? The timing and the content of the submission suggest so. gamesfray.com/japan-patent-o…
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games fray@games_fray·
BREAKING: #Sony asks Judge Corley for preliminary injunction against #Tencent’s upcoming Light of Motiram in November or December They want a November 20 hearing, which may be wishful thinking. Tencent says its game launch is still two years away. gamesfray.com/breaking-sony-…
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games fray@games_fray·
#Sony points Judge Corley to 2016 #Tencent filing stressing its California presence, adjusts its argument to late-2027 Light of Motiram release date Sony filed a well-crafted opposition brief to Tencent's motion to dismiss, but is the case really urgent? gamesfray.com/sony-points-ju…
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games fray@games_fray·
Leaks of upcoming Nintendo title call motives behind Palworld patent suit into question: attempt to create reality distortion field? Is it all about saying that Nintendo is the true innovator when in reality is is now in part a (not so fast) follower? gamesfray.com/leaks-of-upcom…
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games fray@games_fray·
Tencent brought a motion to dismiss Sony's trademark and copyright lawsuit in California. Judge Corley will make the decision, and she has rescheduled the motion hearing to December 2, 2025 at 9 AM in San Francisco (same courtroom as for the Microsoft-ABK PI hearing in 2023).
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games fray@games_fray·
Sony v. Tencent (Sony is seeking a preliminary injunction (PI) against Light of Motiram over (c) and trademarks) has been reassigned to Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who two years ago denied the FTC a preliminary injunction against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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games fray@games_fray·
@lukecagg We are talking about the two biggest games-related IP disputes at the moment: Nintendo v. Pocketpair and Sony v. Tencent. You are right that those other cases are also ongoing. They are lower-profile for a reason, but we may comment on them depending on how things go.
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Luke@lukecagg·
@games_fray Gross is what you do with your obsession over Nintendo florian. You are completely ignoring konami vs cygames and sega x memento mori
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games fray@games_fray·
GROSS: In Palworld patent case, Nintendo tells Japanese judge mods should not count as prior art because they can’t run without underlying games The net effect would be that if modders don't file for patents, others could patent their stuff and sue them. gamesfray.com/gross-in-palwo…
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games fray@games_fray·
@Stexe @Florian4Gamers Thank you for flagging this. The link has been fixed. Thatis, however, a dictionary and does not provide case-specific examples of invalidity contentions, as you presumably knew anyway.
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Florian Mueller@Florian4Gamers·
We've managed to look at new files from the Nintendo v. Pocketpair #patent case at the Tokyo courthouse. I will write about it on @games_fray soon. There are some procedural developments (delay) and there's stuff in there that the modder community will take note of. Stay tuned.
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games fray@games_fray·
#Tencent says #Sony “utterly fails” to make case against Lights of Motiram, wants to monopolize old ideas; court should read #Steam comments When gamers first saw Horizon, it reminded them of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Tomb Raider's Lara Croft etc. gamesfray.com/tencent-says-s…
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Florian Mueller@Florian4Gamers·
A videogame IP lawyer agrees with my criticism on @games_fray that Nintendo should never have received a "summon character and let it fight" patent. @thicc_stick_boi and I recorded a discussion of HOW it happened. I explained it based on key patent office documents. Stay tuned.
PC Gamer@pcgamer

'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop' pcgamer.com/gaming-industr…

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