Stakeholder reactions to draft EU SEP regulation: both licensors and licensees identify issues that counsel against premature proposal Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2060989Time Stamp: Apr 14, 2023
Microsoft signs next 10-year cloud gaming deal; Sony provided charts to spruce up the so-called gamers’ lawsuit over Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard, and its lawyers may have ghostwritten the new complaint Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2055406Time Stamp: Apr 11, 2023
For more than a decade, Sony’s patent applications have been disparaging Microsoft and Nintendo as ‘inferior manufacturer[s]’ of video game consoles: gratuitous, childish, unprofessional Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2055408Time Stamp: Apr 9, 2023
Discovery closes today in two antitrust matters involving Activision Blizzard (FTC merger case and In Re Google Play Antitrust Litigation) while UK CMA is preparing remedies working paper Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2050899Time Stamp: Apr 7, 2023
Xbox fan’s forum post on ‘rapid fire mod’ may save Valve (Steam) $4 million in patent infringement damages over handheld videogame controller: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2046089Time Stamp: Apr 4, 2023
UK CMA determines (as did DG COMP) that Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard presents no risk of vertical foreclosure in videogame console market: where do we go from here? Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2029810Time Stamp: Mar 25, 2023
UK patent office declines to base standard-essential patent policy on ‘anecdotal evidence from bodies representing smaller businesses’ Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2028213Time Stamp: Mar 24, 2023
Focus of Activision Blizzard merger debate shifts from concerns to constructive solutions and procompetitive effects: Epic Games welcomes Microsoft’s mobile app store plans Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2023484Time Stamp: Mar 21, 2023
Microsoft announces third 10-year Call of Duty distribution deal (with Boosteroid) and says more such agreements will be concluded in coming weeks Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2009993Time Stamp: Mar 14, 2023
WiFi router maker AVM deemed unwilling licensee of standard-essential patents–but more WiFi 6 patent assertions by Huawei may be needed to force settlement Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 2003731Time Stamp: Mar 10, 2023
Nokia’s string of Indonesian losses continues in Vivo dispute: Jakarta court declares patent infringement complaint inadmissible Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1998879Time Stamp: Mar 8, 2023
Defeat for Sony as FTC judge largely rejects its motion to quash Microsoft’s subpoena in Activision Blizzard merger case Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1987758Time Stamp: Mar 1, 2023
Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard merger goes into UK regulatory hearing with growing support, dwindling resistance Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1982668Time Stamp: Feb 27, 2023
HARD EVIDENCE: Sony executives flew from London to Seattle in a Falcon 8X on February 6, presumably to negotiate Call of Duty license with Microsoft Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1963497Time Stamp: Feb 17, 2023
Rumor of Sony having visited Microsoft to negotiate Call of Duty license, potentially paving way for clearance of Activision Blizzard purchase Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1963500Time Stamp: Feb 17, 2023
Sony, Microsoft to clash at European Commission’s Activision Blizzard merger hearing on Tuesday, February 21: PaRR found out about hearing date Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1957236Time Stamp: Feb 14, 2023
UK antitrust authority is fine with Microsoft acquiring Candy Crush, and even for Call of Duty does not rule out ‘access remedies’: major progress since previous statements Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1947405Time Stamp: Feb 8, 2023
Apple reiterates demand that Brazilian regulator’s App Store antitrust investigation be shelved immediately and gets UK appellate hearing on March 10 (CMA market investigation) Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1945869Time Stamp: Feb 8, 2023
Sony is officially fighting Microsoft’s subpoena in FTC’s Activision Blizzard merger case: public filing confirms PlayStation maker brought motion to quash on Friday Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1945871Time Stamp: Feb 7, 2023
CHART: Key deadlines in Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard merger reviews in U.S., UK, EU, New Zealand between now and May 1 Source Cluster: FOSS Patents Source Node: 1937995Time Stamp: Feb 4, 2023