Nintendo Loses Patent Suit, Owes $21 Million
A jury has awarded Anascape $21 million of Nintendo funds after finding that the console maker violated the small company's patents. Anascape...
READ MORE >New Bill Proposes ID Checks for Game Purchases; ESRB, FTC Say Retailers Are Getting Better
A bill presented to the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday would force retailers to check the ID of anyone buying an M or AO-rated game or...
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see all 78 commentsTake-Two Sues Chicago Over Pulled GTA 4 Ads
Following the Chicago Transit Authority's decision to stop carrying advertisements for Grand Theft Auto IV, publisher Take-Two Interactive has sued...
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see all 52 commentsUK Report Suggests Movie-like Game Ratings
In a report commissioned by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, study author and clinical psychologist Tanya Byron has suggested a number of...
READ MORE >"Another Ukaysian here, can confirm the above. It's not perfect, but compared to what I know of ..."
see all 7 commentsMechWarrior Crysis Mod Given Legal Clearance
Microsoft has granted a mod team the legal clearance to develop a BattleTech-inspired Crysis mod.
READ MORE >"Considering that MekTek didn't have an editor or any SDK at all to start off from and had to ..."
see all 35 commentsSilicon Knights, Epic Continue Legal Sparring
Silicon Knights has responded to Epic Games' rebuttal and motion to dismiss the Canadian developer's lawsuit regarding its grievances with the...
READ MORE >"Not to mention, unlike SK, Irrational already had Unreal engine experience with SWAT 4 (was ..."
see all 39 commentsLouisiana Pays ESA $91K for Illegal Game Law
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana has ordered the state to reimburse the Entertainment Software Association...
READ MORE >"For some of you non louisianians, Babineaux is pronounced like Ba-bin-no. Silly people."
see all 19 commentsThe Uncertain Legality of Second Life Gambling
According to a recent Reuters article, neither the FBI nor creator Linden Labs are quite sure how to approach the legality of gambling within the...
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see all 26 commentsRalph Baer on Gaming's History of Legal Disputes
Gamasutra recently chatted with Ralph Baer, most commonly known as the father of video games. They spoke on a wide variety of subjects, from Baer's...
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see all 4 commentsNVidia & ATI Price Fixing
So people have been fussy about the price of videocards at the high end being pretty darn insane these days. Apparently the prices have offended...
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see all 117 commentsRIAA & "Legal" Hacking
RIAA Wants to Hack Your PC is a Wired.com article about a hacking-authorization amendment that the Recording Industry Association of America tried...
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see all 107 commentsBarely Legal Evening Reading
Ah yes. Those fine titties and Evening Reading. They go together so well. It might just be barely legal, but hey that's good and legal enough for...
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see all 3068 commentsRambus Legal Bill
CNet is reporting about the earnings of memory-maker Rambus which is still in several lawsuits. The company is making a profit but not much as...
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see all 31 commentsA Legal Quake Name
A human interest story here or um.. something. You guys may get a kick out of this one. A few people sent in word that an update on the Xeno Clan...
READ MORE >"Nirox..? No, nimrod would be more appropriate in this case.."
see all 549 commentsLawmakers Want MP3.Com Service Legal
According to CNET several US congressmen have introduced a bill that would make the My.MP3.Com service (listening to your CDs online after you...
READ MORE >"This is only getting attention because it has the word mp3 in it. If we started calling these ..."
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"And the problem with Anascape is that what they did was a legal use of patent law. The ..."
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