SecondLife – Page 2 – Patent Arcade

May

2007

News: Voice in Second Life

Linden Labs recently added voice capabilities to Second Life. Their beta test went public in March, and commentary has been, for the most part, positive. Voice is a natural extension for MMO games, and introduces new IP issues that will eventually crop up, e.g., voice theft. Digital voice means you can capture someone else’s voice relatively easily. Could you create a voice synthesizer based on someone else’s speech patterns and tone? Just a thought. In any event, Second Life just got a whole lot more interesting for the rest of the world who doesn’t already spend every waking moment as an avatar…

Feb

2007

Case: Bragg v. Linden Labs

Bragg v. Linden Lab, E.D. Pa. (Pending)

Well I had some initial reservation about including this case on our tracking list, given that it wasn’t a “pure” IP case. However, in today’s day and age, virtual property is the new IP, so we’re adding the case to our tracking list, and will keep you posted. In the meantime, here is a link to a nice summary of the proceedings thus far.

Apr

2006

News: Second Life and “Electric Sheep”?

In a logical extension of the MMO genre, a young Company, Electric Sheep, is helping big customers create a presence inside “Second Life,” the popular virtual world in which people can do or build just about anything they can imagine and socialize with others anywhere in the real world.

Electric Sheep can help you out to customize an island, or what in Second Life is called a “sim”–a 16-acre piece of land that users can buy and do with what they like. Now there is a new party in the fight over who owns this virtual IP: Linden Labs (creator or Second Life), Electric Sheep (or some other third party developer), or you. Better read those contracts closely…

News: Voice in Second Life

Case: Bragg v. Linden Labs

News: Second Life and “Electric Sheep”?

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