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themmoexperience.blogspot.com - 12/30/2008

MMORPGs Getting Sued

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Worlds.com filed suit against NCSoft for copyright infringement on Christmas Eve. Two patents filed in 2000 by Worlds.com involving scalable chat and enabling users to interact with each other in virtual space are all infringed upon by NCSoft's games(Including City of Heroes, Aion, Tabula Rasa, ...

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virtualworldsnews.com - 12/29/2008

Worlds.com Files Suit Against NCsoft for Patent Infringement

— virtualworldsnews.com — Specifically, the suit claims that NCsoft has infringed on patent 7,181,690, " System and Method for Enabling... Users to Interact in a Virtual Space " through its games, including City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, ... (more) Worlds.com Files Suit Against NCsoft for Patent ...

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massively.com - 1/2/2009

Worlds.com files suit against NCsoft for patent infringement

— massively.com — You might remember earlier in the month we reported on Worlds.com placing down patents on two technologies... that we commonly use in the MMO industry -- scalable chat and system and method of enabling users of interacting in a virtual space -- and how ... (more) Worlds.com files suit against NCsoft for patent infringement

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themmoexperience.com - 1/4/2009

NCSoft Responds To Lawsuit

— themmoexperience.com — NCSoft makes a few small comments regarding Worlds.com lawsuit.... (more) NCSoft Responds To Lawsuit

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