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massively.com - 12/30/2008

The patent that stole Christmas

— massively.com — As you probably know by now, Worlds.com has filed suit against NCsoft for infringement of one of... two key patents that it holds. We talked about those patents and Worlds.com's securing the services of General Patent Corporation for the purposes of ... (more) The patent that stole Christmas

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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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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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Worlds.com files suit against NCsoft for patent infringement
Massively — ... that lawyers were going to begin marching from Worlds.com with suits in hand, beginning their demands of money. It turns out our assumption was right. Worlds.com has filed the necessary paper work to bring a suit against one of the big names in our industry: NCsoft.... Worlds.com files suit against NCsoft for patent infringement originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.   Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs ...

MMORPGs Getting Sued
The MMO Experience — ... Considering how broad of a statement that is, I wouldn't be surprised if these patents were filed for the sole purpose of filing suit against someone further down the road. Worlds.com is stating that City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II, and Tablula Rasa all infringed upon the patent. You can read the full details over at VirtualWorldNews. ...

Our Legal System Continues To Suffer From Random Drooling
Broken Toys — As the latest pool of saliva in point, a patent lawsuit filed against NCsoft for creating MMOs. That’ll show ‘em! 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, Lineage, Lineage II, and Tablula Rasa. This, despite the fact that about 9 seconds of research would turn up quite a few “systems and ...

Worlds.com patent suit hits NCSoft
Raph's Website — A while back I mentioned that Worlds.com had made known the intention to sue over their virtual world patents. Now the other shoe has dropped, as Virtual Worlds News reports that they filed suit against NCSoft on Christmas Eve. The patents in question deal with the notion of network culling on the server in 3d worlds, trimming down the set of things sent to the client based on server-side visibility algorithms. Worlds.com really is a pioneer in the space — WorldsAway being one of the early VW systems in the ...

Report: Worlds.com Hits NCsoft With Patent Infringement Suit
Worlds In Motion — ... According to the lawsuit, obtained by the Virtual Worlds News website, Worlds.com alleges that NCsoft's online games, including Dungeon Runners, City of Heroes/Villains and Lineage II, among others, are in violation. ...