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Music Publishers Sue Roblox for Copyright Infringement Seeking No Less than $200 Million

Music Publishers Sue Roblox for Copyright Infringement Seeking No Less than $200 Million ABKCO Music Inc. v. Roblox Corp.Case No. 2:21-cv-04705United States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaFiled: June 9,…

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Default Judgment Entered Against Seller of Nintendo Switch Jailbreak

Default Judgment Entered Against Seller of Nintendo Switch Jailbreak Nintendo of America Inc. v. Minh Case No. 2:20-cv-01707 United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Filed November 18, 2020…

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Twitch Deletes Content for Copyright Infringement Without Warning

Twitch Deletes Content for Copyright Infringement Without Warning On October 20th, many Twitch streamers received an email from Twitch notifying them that content on their channels was subject to Digital Millennium Copyright…

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Mass DMCA Takedown Requests Issued on Twitch

Mass DMCA Takedown Requests Issued on Twitch 📢 This week, we've had a sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips with background music from 2017-19. If you’re unsure about rights to…

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Nintendo Wins Battle with Pirates on UK Seas

Nintendo Wins Battle with Pirates on UK Seas Nintendo Co. Ltd. v. Sky UK Ltd. & Ors England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) In the England and Wales High Court, Nintendo…

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Dynamic and Nonliteral Elements Win Protection in Blizzard Copyright Suit

Dynamic and Nonliteral Elements Win Protection in Blizzard Copyright Suit MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. 629 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2010) For those who followed our…

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Super Mario Mischief

Super Mario Mischief A new web-based game recently popped up and gained fame fairly quickly on the Internet. The game features the familiar red plumber in a familiar atmosphere as he jumps…

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Atari sues Indy T-Shirt Websites

Atari Interactive, Inc. v. RedBubble, Inc. United States District Court for the Northern District of California Docket No. 3-18-cv-03451, filed June 11, 2018 Atari Interactive, Inc. v. Zazzle, Inc. United States District…

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Epic Games Argues Teenaged Fortnite Hacker should Face Suit

On April 23, 2018, Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) filed a response to a Motion to Dismiss filed by Lauren Rogers, the mother of a teenaged Fortnite hacker (“C. R.”) facing a copyright…

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Epic sues (another) alleged Fortnite Hacker

On January 8, 2018, Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) continued its legal crusade against alleged Fortnite hackers by suing Yash Gosai, a resident of Auckland, New Zealand, for copyright infringement, breach of contract,…

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Epic Games files a Fourth Suit against Alleged Fortnite Hackers

October 27, 2017, Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) sued three foreign individuals–James Mendes, Konstantin Vladimirovich Rak, and Oleksey Olekseevich Stegailo–for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, breach of contract, and, under…

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Epic Games sues two more alleged Fortnite hackers

On October 17, 2017, Epic Games sued Philip Josefsson and Artem Yakovenko for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, breach of contract, and, under California law, unfair competition. The allegations…

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Epic sues alleged Fortnite hackers Brandon Broom and Charles Vraspir

On October 11, Epic Games, Inc. and Epic Games International (“Epic”) sued individuals Brandon Broom and Charles Vraspir in two separate suits (5:17-CV-0511 and 5:17-CV-0512) for copyright infringement, circumvention of the Digital…

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Jagex Wins Court Case Against Bot Developers

Jagex Games Studio WINS COURT CASE AGAINST RUNESCAPE BOT DEVELOPERS GAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES Cambridge, UK –1st February, 2012 – Jagex Games Studio, a leading independent developer and publisher of online games, finalized…

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