Video game publisher THQ’s long bankruptcy saga continues. It has now been split up into separate chunks of either intellectual property or developers that it once owned. The chunks are being auctioned off and being scooped up by several different video game companies. The cheapest franchise license, Homefront, sold for around $500,000, which is a [...]

Although it is probably correct to say that video game mechanics are not patentable, that has not stopped video game makers from obtaining patents on them or even suing for infringement of those patents. Video game mechanics are essentially the rules and idea that govern how a game is played. This is a broad area [...]

Mojang, the developer of the popular game Minecraft, and Electronic Arts Games, publisher of Bejeweled 2, have been sued by copy protection company Uniloc. Uniloc claims the Android version of Minecraft, called Minecraft: Pocket Edition, as well as EA’s Bejeweled 2, infringe its patent 6,857,067, which describes a “system and method for preventing unauthorized access to [...]

On March 6, the Mass Effect 3 was released as the final part of the Mass Effect video game trilogy.  While it has so far enjoyed both critical and commercial success, it has also caused one of the biggest fan outcries in video game history. Fans are taking issue with the ending of the game [...]

Blizzard Trying To Prevent Valve From Using DOTA Trademark Blizzard, the developer of World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, and the Diablo series has filed a notice of opposition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in order to prevent Valve, the developer of Half-Life and Portal, from registering “Dota” as a trademark.  Valve is [...]

NCsoft Trying to Prevent the Release of TERA. In response, TERA to Prevent Certain IP Addresses from Accessing Servers. NCsoft, the publisher of many Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs), has filed a lawsuit against developer Bluehole Studios to prevent the North American release of its upcoming MMO TERA.  The lawsuit alleges trade secret misappropriation and [...]

The long fight over the Fallout franchise is finally over.  Bethesda Softworks and Interplay have reached an agreement involving the licensing and ownership of the brand, with complete control of the brand reverting to Bethesda. Interplay, who created the Fallout name, had been licensed to make a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) based on the [...]

Once again a Call of Duty game has broken the single day sales record for a video game and had the biggest first day launch of any form of media ever.  Activision, the publisher behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, announced that it had sold 6.5 million copies of the game on its first [...]

The Fordham Sports Law Forum is dedicated to bringing interesting issues in sports law to the Fordham legal community. Each week, in conjunction with the Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, members of the Fordham Sports Law Forum write posts about current sports law issues and events. Will former college athletes force the NCAA [...]

No, unfortunately this is not a Game. The Sony PlayStation Network has been rocked by yet another security breach with around 93,000 accounts affected. From Billboard.biz: “The unauthorized access attempts occurred between Oct. 7 and Oct. 10 and targeted accounts globally. The company said it is unclear whether the attempts were carried out by a [...]