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Reports from website TorrentFreak suggests that Epic was unaware they were perusing a minor, and the child's mother has written to the company in his defence
Read More »Fortnite cheat lawsuit hits snag as one of the defendants is a minor – Report
HoloLens patent breach leads to Microsoft lawsuit
Reports from Engadgent suggest the suit, filed by HoloTouch, claims technology in the mixed reality headset has been used while Microsoft 'willfully' knew it was patented
Read More »Riot Games lose likeness lawsuit over Lucian skin
Dutch footballer, Egdar Davids, to receive compensation based on the sales of the Lucian Striker skin
Read More »Jury to rule on DOTA IP ownership
Two developers have presented a legal argument that Valve cannot claim ownership to the DOTA intellectual property. The name DOTA originates from a Warcraft III mod named Defense of the Ancient’s but is now more widely known thanks to its use in Valve’s popular MOBA title DOTA 2. Blizzard and …
Read More »Samsung Gear VR was secretly devised at id Software, ZeniMax claims
The legal war between Bethesda owner ZeniMax and Oculus has stepped up yet another level. Polygon reports that new papers filed by ZeniMax now allege that former id Software execs John Carmack and Matt Hooper devised a mobile VR strategy that ultimately led to the creation of the Samsung Gear …
Read More »ZeniMax and Oculus legal battle continues with Gear VR claim
Newest development claims a fired employee was involved in a secret meeting
Read More »Blizzard successfully sues cheat maker Bossland in US
World of Warcraft and Overwatch developer Blizzard has won a US lawsuit against bot maker Bossland. The German company has been ordered to pay Blizzard $8.6m having been found guilty of nearly 43,000 counts of copyright infringement. Bossland had tried to have the case dismissed but chose not to defend …
Read More »Total Recall Technologies lawsuit against Oculus dismissed by court
TRT allege Palmer Luckey broke confidentiality agreement
Read More »John Carmack sues Zenimax for $22.5m
Alleges this is owed from Zenimax's acquisition of id Software
Read More »Carmack strikes back in Oculus-Zenimax legal merry-go-round
Id Software co-founder and Oculus Rift co-designer John Carmack is suing ZeniMax for allegedly missing payments. The legal situation between ZeniMax and Oculus is torrid, to say the last. ZeniMax was awarded $500m in damages last month over a trade-secrets breach, but has since gone on to try and halt …
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