Amit
September 19th, 2009, 10:44 AM
Sony, Blizzard, Activision, NCsoft, Turbine named in patent suit (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/middleearthonline/news.html?sid=6228714&mode=news)
Following a recent settlement with Microsoft, Palktalk Holdings files a complaint against makers of PS3, WOW, COD, Guild Wars, LOTRO, and Runescape. That's right, even fucking Jagex, the makers of Runescape are being sued.
Paltalk has its sights set on a number of other game-industry heavyweights, including Sony Computer Entertainment and several of its divisions, Activision Blizzard, NCsoft, Turbine, and Jagex. At issue, again, is Paltalk's computer-to-computer synchronization patents, which, as noted by Paltalk's lawyer Max Tribble as part of its Microsoft suit, involve "technology for ways to control interactive applications over multiple computers."
Paltalk's current suit doesn't shy away from the high-profile games in each of the aforementioned company's catalogues. Games specifically named in Paltalk's suit that are purportedly in violation of the company's patents include Guerrilla Games' Killzone 2, Evolution Studios' Motorstorm, EverQuest I and II, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and World at War, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, and Runescape. As always, these companies only target the games or applications that anybody cares to play or use.
(http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/middleearthonline/news.html?sid=6228714&mode=news)
Following a recent settlement with Microsoft, Palktalk Holdings files a complaint against makers of PS3, WOW, COD, Guild Wars, LOTRO, and Runescape. That's right, even fucking Jagex, the makers of Runescape are being sued.
Paltalk has its sights set on a number of other game-industry heavyweights, including Sony Computer Entertainment and several of its divisions, Activision Blizzard, NCsoft, Turbine, and Jagex. At issue, again, is Paltalk's computer-to-computer synchronization patents, which, as noted by Paltalk's lawyer Max Tribble as part of its Microsoft suit, involve "technology for ways to control interactive applications over multiple computers."
Paltalk's current suit doesn't shy away from the high-profile games in each of the aforementioned company's catalogues. Games specifically named in Paltalk's suit that are purportedly in violation of the company's patents include Guerrilla Games' Killzone 2, Evolution Studios' Motorstorm, EverQuest I and II, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and World at War, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, and Runescape. As always, these companies only target the games or applications that anybody cares to play or use.
(http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/middleearthonline/news.html?sid=6228714&mode=news)