Activision is getting ready to work on a new video game franchise. The company has announced the founding of a new internal studio, dubbed Elsewhere Entertainment. The studio, headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, will be focused on a new narrative-based AAA franchise.
Activision to pay $23.4m for patent infringement
07.05.2024 - 15:27 / gamesindustry.biz
A jury has ruled that Activision Blizzard will pay tech incubator Acceleration Bay $23.4 million for patent infringement.
As reported by Law.com, the May 3 ruling comes after the incubator began its legal action back in 2015.
The case filed in the US District Court for the District of Delaware claims that patents for networking and broadcasting were used in Activision's multiplayer title.
Activision publisher owes $18 million for copyright infringement in World of Warcraft and $5.4 million in two Call of Duty titles.
Jurors were asked two questions to reach a verdict, among them was "Did Acceleration Bay prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Activision's products as identified below infringe one or more claims of the following asserted patents?"
In response to the question, the jury was then asked after verdict to "reasonably compensate Acceleration Bay for Activision's infringement of Acceleration Bay's asserted patents."
While the case against Activision Blizzard has been decided in favor of the tech incubator, it has also filed similar patent infringement suits against EA, Take-Two, and Amazon Web Services.
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