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Ross A. Dannenberg discusses similarities between popular video games in Heat Street

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Ross A. Dannenberg discusses the similarities between “Overwatch,” and, “Paladins: Champions of the Realm,” and the potential for a copyright infringement lawsuit in Heat Street. According to Dannenberg, video game developers can’t copyright functionality, but they can copyright artwork and character design. “In the world of art, all art was built on art that came before it,” he says…

IP Alert: McRO Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc. et al.

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McRO INC. V. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA INC. ET AL.  By Ross A. Dannenberg, Aseet Patel and Peter Nigrelli The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in McRO Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc. et al., case number 15-1080, reversed the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings under Fed. R. Civ.…

Banner & Witcoff Obtains Judgment for Lexmark Based on Invalidity Under § 101

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On October 8, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware issued an order in favor of Lexmark International, Inc., ruling that the claims asserted by Cyberfone Systems, LLC are patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and are therefore invalid. Cyberfone’s original complaint accused Lexmark of manufacturing, using, offering to sell, and…

Banner & Witcoff receives top ranking for IP and patent litigation, patent law

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Banner & Witcoff received a National Tier 1 ranking in intellectual property litigation, patent litigation and patent law in the 2015 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms.”   Tier 1 rankings are determined through feedback from clients and peers, as well as from information provided in law firm survey responses.  …
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