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It’s Official, PUBG Corp Is Suing Epic Games
It’s official, PUBG Corp has filed a copyright lawsuit against Epic Games according to Korea Times. After previously mulling further action for a genre that it did not create and does not own, at...
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PUBG Corp Drops Lawsuit Against Epic Games
PUBG Corp believes that Epic Games illegally plagiarized the Battle Royale mode, and has even gone as far as to comment its concerns that Epic Games might steal internal modifications to the Unreal...
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IPE Update: Class Action Lawsuit v. Trion Worlds Responds To Amended Complaint
It’s been quite a while since we last checked in on the ArcheAge class action lawsuit, so I figured we’d go ahead and see if anything has changed over the past few months. First, a recap for those...
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IPE Update: Court Issues Ruling On Star Citizen Motion To Dismiss
Here at MMO Fallout we try to avoid saturating our coverage of lawsuits for two reasons: The first being that unless the court is making a judgement or one of the parties introduces some profound...
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IPE Update: Trion Worlds Overruled, Receives Warning Over Procedural Violations
Who would have thought we’d be talking about Trion Worlds using incorrect font sizes? It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for an update on the case of Van Fleet v Trion Worlds, an active lawsuit...
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Epic Games Wins Default Judgement As Defendant Fails to Respond
It’s been a while since MMO Fallout followed up on Epic Games v. C.R., the lawsuit where Epic brought complaint against a defendant who turned out to be a minor. C.R. was being accused of continuing...
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Trion Worlds Tells Court: Company Disbanded, All Employees Terminated
(Update 10/31/18): Files from a case management conference held on 10/26 have been published. It looks like the council will continue discussing a plan of action moving forward. A CMC has been...
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IPE: The Curious Case of Blazheiev v. Ubisoft
Most of you might not know the curious case of Blazheiev v. Ubisoft, which is why precisely why I am dedicating the time and space to discuss what is a truly interesting lawsuit. A cursory Google...
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IPE Update: Brandon Lucas Files Motion to Dismiss Epic Lawsuit
Brandon Lucas has filed a motion to dismiss in North Carolina court this week. Lucas is currently being sued by Epic Games over causes of copyright infringement, breach of contract, interference with...
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IPE: Former Gearbox Counsel Accuses Randy Pitchford of Possessing Underage...
(Editor’s Note: It should be noted that any accusations made in this lawsuit are alleged and no presumption of guilt for accusations against either party should be presumed, either implied or...
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IPE (Minor) Update: Trion Worlds Lawsuit As Of January 30, 2019
I’ve been holding off on the Trion Worlds lawsuit coverage for the simple fact that not a whole lot has been happening over the past couple of months, at least nothing of major significance. Right now...
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US Copyright Office: No, the Carlton Is Not Copyrightable
Alfonso Ribeiro is best known for his character Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Ribeiro came back into the public spotlight after launching lawsuits against Epic Games and Take-Two...
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IPE Update: When Riot Sued Over A League of Legends Ripoff
Way back in the distant year of 2017 I reported on the case of Riot Games v. Shanghai Moonton Technology Co., and due to a case of poor diligence on my part, I never actually followed up on that case....
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IPE Update: Epic Games v. Sperry Ends
Another Epic Games lawsuit has come to a close. Plaintiff Epic Games and defendant Joseph Sperry, a.k.a “Spoezy” in a lawsuit related to the creation and distribution of cheat software for the video...
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In Plain English: Epic Takes On Counterfeiters
Here’s a quick tip on counterfeiting merchandise from one of the most litigious companies in the gaming industry: Don’t. Epic Games is back in court, because the company refuses to let its lawyers...
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In Plain English: Remember the Artifact Twitch Trolls? Twitch Is Suing Them
Donde los yikes! And some of you thought it wouldn’t get any crazier than Jagex suing anonymous cheaters. Those of you who follow internet drama very closely may recall that last month there was a bit...
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IPE Update: Epic Games Brings Financial Suplex On Counterfeiters
It may not surprise you, the enlightened MMO Fallout reader, to hear that none of Epic’s roughly one thousand (Chinese and otherwise) defendants showed up or even answered the summons to appear in...
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In Plain English: Court Throws Out Jagex Ban Lawsuit After Five Days
Today’s In Plain English is going to be a short one, but you’ll understand why when you see that the gist of it is about six sentences long. It comes to us from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania...
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In Plain English: Epic and the Generic, Substance-Free Patent Troll
Epic Games is once again back in court, except this time they are taking on a more defensive tone. As of July 18, Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against Acceleration Bay LLC regarding some bad blood...
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IPE Update: Amro Elansari Files Appeal In RuneScape Lawsuit
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