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Harmonix and Konami Settle Lawsuits Over Music Game Patents
Brian Leahy
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Bloomberg reports that Harmonix and Konami have dropped lawsuits aimed at one another over patents relating to music video games. The original suit by Konami in July 2008 was met with a counter-suit from Harmonix in February 2009.

The terms of the settlement were not released, but both companies have dropped the lawsuit against the other. Konami's lawsuit was built upon a 1999 patent for a "musical-rhythm matching game" being infringed upon by Harominx's 2007 patent for "a game controller simulating a musical instrument."

Harmonix and MTV Games' counter-suit against Konami argued that Harmonix represented improvements on Konami's original filing and that Rock Revolution actually had more in common with Rock Band than with prior games from Konami such as Drum Mania or Guitar Freaks.

Rock Band 3 is due out on October 26. Konami has not announced a follow-up to Rock Revolution.

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  • panbient legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    September 20, 2010 2:21 PM

    that's because even when it sold for $3.97 i couldn't be bothered to take the shrink wrap off Rock Revolution.

    • quadeh legacy 10 years
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      September 20, 2010 2:34 PM

      Seriously... it seemed odd for Konami to challenge Rock Band with something so clearly inferior.

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