Courts Further Consider Virtual Property Disputes
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in News, Second Life, Settlement | No Comments »Pennsylvania lawyer, Marc Bragg, recently sued San Francisco-based Linden Lab for breach of contract and unfair trade practices after an online property deal went sour. Oddly, the property at the heart of the dispute is entirely virtual and exists ...
Nintendo Ordered to Pay $21 Million for Patent Infringement
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Intellectual Property, Microsoft, News, Nintendo, Patent Infringement, Settlement | No Comments »Yahoo reports that Nintendo of America has recently been ordered to pay $21 million in damages to developer Anascape for patent infringement. The award is the result of a federal jury verdict in a suit filed by Anascape in 2006. ...
Ubisoft Wins $13.2 Million Settlement Over Bratz Dolls
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in Settlement | No Comments »Ubisoft Entertainment was recently awarded $13.2 million against MGA Entertainment, owner of the Bratz line of dolls, in an arbitration over a breach of contract complaint. The complaint centers around a 2002 licensing agreement that gave Ubisoft Entertainment the right to ...
Settlement in Hot Coffee case? I thought you’d never ask.
Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in Class action, Rockstar, Settlement | 5 Comments »Take 2 Interactive recently announced that a settlement has been reached in the Hot Coffee Mod class action. Pending final approval from the US Dictrict Court for the Southern District of New York, members of the class will be ...
O.J. Simpson must pay
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 Posted in Class action, Settlement | 2 Comments »Finally, finally, finally the original law evading celebrity ("LEC"), O.J. Simpson, is back in the news and, refreshingly, this time it's not in his favor. Reuters is reporting that the ex-football star will have to turn over any money he ...
Microsoft settles Xbox “Fall Update” case
Monday, August 6th, 2007 Posted in Class action, Microsoft, Settlement | No Comments »According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Microsoft has recently settled the dispute of Kevin Ray v. Microsoft Corp. The case, originally filed as a proposed class action, was settled as an individual action. In the case, Ray alleged that the ...
