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Topic: Trouble in Groove-land |
Funkstar Polaris
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 12:52 pm Subject: Trouble in Groove-land |
actually, whoever said Roxor is being sued over the game probably is just reading the legalese incorrectly. the "ITG Game" is how the boxor is referred to throughout the document (I believe the "factu ... |
Topic: Trouble in Groove-land |
Funkstar Polaris
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 12:00 pm Subject: Trouble in Groove-land |
And no matter what you think it is, is Konami suing Roxor over use of "The Dance Game (tm)"? NO! It's suing over the wrongful infringement on its CABINET.
On information and belief, Defendant's ... |
Topic: Songlist/Ratings of Konami Games at E3... |
Funkstar Polaris
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Forum: Headlines Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 6:13 am Subject: Songlist/Ratings of Konami Games at E3... |
That EX2 list seems to be missing a couple of songs, namely Be Lovin and You gotta move it.
http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/746/746768/img_2793470.html |
Topic: Trouble in Groove-land |
Funkstar Polaris
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 3:54 pm Subject: Trouble in Groove-land |
But they've already semi-lost that argument, and will loose the argument if they press it and RoXoR actually feels like persuing it.
Yep. From what I gather, software patents on video game mec ... |
Topic: Trouble in Groove-land |
Funkstar Polaris
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 5:32 pm Subject: Trouble in Groove-land |
So, the heart of this lawsuit is whether the arrow scrolling dance sim genre is legally patentable or whether Konami's patent only extends to DDR in particular.
Well, no one patented the "run fro ... |
Topic: Trouble in Groove-land |
Funkstar Polaris
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 4:13 pm Subject: Trouble in Groove-land |
This is going to be super long, so bear with me.
First, the Tengen thing. It looks like that site I had cited was wrong (I was looking for Nintendo vs Tengen instead of Atari). Atari did indeed l ... |
Topic: Trouble in Groove-land |
Funkstar Polaris
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 4:26 pm Subject: Trouble in Groove-land |
Additionally...
Significant Software:
Tengen releases an unlicensed version of the Tetris video game
Lawsuits:
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Tengen
Nintendo sues Tengen over the Tetris ... |
Topic: Trouble in Groove-land |
Funkstar Polaris
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Forum: In the Groove Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:30 pm Subject: Trouble in Groove-land |
Most of these counts seem to rest on the assertion that some who purchased ITG didn't apply the stickers to cover the DDR logos, and that constitutes the infringement. I'm no lawyer, but if Roxor shi ... |
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