Entries in 'legal' (45)
Namco Bandai sues CD Projekt over Xbox 360 Witcher 2 rights
Having successfully brought the PC version of acclaimed RPG The Witcher 2 to PC, Namco Bandai has launched legal action against CD Projekt over its decision to hand the Xbox ...
Age ratings could become voluntary
While age ratings and the enforcement thereof remains one of the hottest topics in the modern games industry, the Video Standards Council has suggested that all entertainment media could ...
Sony denied Google, PayPal subpoenas
Sony’s ongoing war on hackers has stumbled as a judge has ruled against the company’s planned subpoenas.
OPINION: Sony's piracy battle
If December’s much-publicised gutting of the PlayStation 3’s security systems is proof of anything, it’s this: Where software is concerned, there is no such thing as an unpickable lock, and ...
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Sony goes legal on PS3 hackers
Mirroring the path it pursued when fighting last year's battle against the PSJailbreak device, Sony has gone legal on at least two hackers at the heart of the current ...
PEGI ratings delayed until 2011
The Video Standards Council has confirmed that the proposed changes to the UK video games age ratings system that will make PEGI legally enforceable will not now be put in ...
New UK age ratings legal by October
ELSPA is hopeful that the PEGI system of age ratings for video games will be ratified in law this October – just in time for complete clarity through the busiest ...
Langdell hits back in EA Edge fight
Earlier MCV reported that Tim Langdell’s confrontational use of the Edge trademark may be coming to an end – but now the man himself says this is not so.
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Modern Warfare brand under threat
Much about the acrimonious split between Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella and publisher Activision remains unknown, but one lawyer has speculated that the inevitable court battle that ...
US: GameStop investigation
IsoHunt downed by copyright lawyers
Though Christmas day is behind us, IP holders have been given a late festive present with news that another high-profile BitTorrent site – Gary Fung’s IsoHunt – has been closed ...
Nintendo loses Flash card lawsuit
In a blow to its ongoing battle against video game piracy, platform holder Nintendo has lost a lawsuit against a manufacturer of a DS Flash card.
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Xbox Live class action begins
Abingdon Law, with offices in and around Texas, has posted the outlines of its "investigation" while seeking out barred Xbox Live players hoping for recompense.
JAPAN: Nintendo ups R4 battle
In the biggest offensive ever mounted against the piracy-enabling R4 Flash card device, Nintendo and Capcom have joined forces with 53 other unspecified games publishers to file a lawsuit against ...
PEGI legal ruling is ‘still on track’
ELSPA has reassured the trade that the PEGI ratings system’s ascent to become law is still on track – despite the discovery that current age classification is legally unenforceable.
EA labels Activision ‘huge and ugly monster’
EA has likened rival publisher Activision to “a particularly huge and ugly monster” over the Brutal Legend publishing row.
Speaking at Electronic Art’s press event at Gamescom, the company’s VP ...
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Gibson fails in Guitar Hero lawsuit
Famed guitar maker Gibson has seen its lawsuit against Guitar Hero publisher Activision Blizzard thrown out of court after it ruled that Neversoft’s game does not infringe any existing patents.
Pirate Bay case could swing piracy battle
This week has seen the beginning of a potentially important legal case that could see the momentum in the battle against IP and copyrighted material theft swing back in favour ...
EA's DRM battle heads to court
Electronic Arts is to face legal action over its controversial use of SecuROM digital rights management software in many of its recent PC titles.
