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NCSoft Responds To Lawsuit
themmoexperience.com - 1/4/2009
NCSoft Responds To Lawsuit
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NCSoft makes a few small comments regarding Worlds.com lawsuit.
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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MMORPGs Getting Sued
themmoexperience.blogspot.com - 12/30/2008
MMORPGs Getting Sued
— themmoexperience.blogspot.com — 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, ... (more) MMORPGs Getting Sued

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virtualworldsnews.com - 1/1/2009
NCsoft to Defend Itself Vigorously Against Worlds.com
— virtualworldsnews.com — Earlier this week we reported that Worlds.com , one of the early developers in the virtual worlds industry, had filed suit against NCsoft for patent violation . Worlds.com alleges that NCsoft is infringing on patent 7,181,690, " System and Method for ... (more) NCsoft to Defend Itself Vigorously Against Worlds.com

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