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After nine years, judge throws out WoW patent lawsuit – PCGamesN
A court has granted Activision’s request to have Worlds, Inc.’s claims of patent infringement declared invalid
After nine years, a lawsuit claiming that World of Warcraft publisher Activision Blizzard infringed on a patent held by a company called Worlds Incorporated has been tossed out by a US district court. A judge agreed with Activision Blizzard’s attorneys, saying that Worlds’ patents are “abstract ideas” that are not sufficiently transformative to be legally patentable.
Worlds Incorporated is described by its owners as “a leading intellectual property developer and licensee of patents related to 3D…
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