McRO Inc v. BANDAI NAMCO Games America Inc

Summary

McRO Inc sued 19 major video game publishers—including Activision, Electronic Arts, Naughty Dog, Valve, and Capcom—alleging patent infringement related to automated character animation technology. The lawsuit targets a patent covering methods for generating realistic facial expressions and character movements in video games, a core technology across the gaming industry.

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Cause

35:271 Patent Infringement

Entities in this case

Parties

McRO Inc (plaintiff) Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (defendant) Activision Publishing, Inc. (defendant) LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (defendant) Infinity Ward Inc. (defendant) Sucker Punch Productions LLC (defendant) Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (defendant) Square Enix Inc (defendant) Disney Interactive Studios Inc (defendant) Electronic Arts, Inc. (defendant) Naughty Dog Inc (defendant) Namco Bandai Games America Inc (defendant) Valve Corporation (defendant) Index Digital Media, Inc. (defendant) Treyarch Corporation (defendant) Konami Digital Entertainment Inc (defendant) Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment Inc (defendant) Capcom USA Inc (defendant) Neversoft Entertainment Inc. (defendant) Insomniac Games Inc (defendant)

Docket entries

1. #8242020-08-13

   Notice of Appearance or Withdrawal of Counsel: for attorney James Chang counsel for Defendants Disney Interactive Studios Inc, LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC. James Chang is no longer counsel of record for the aforementioned party in this case for the reason indicated in the G-123 Notice. Filed by Defendants Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. and LucasArts, a Division of LucasFilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC. (Chang, James) (Entered: 08/13/2020)

2. #8232020-07-09

   ORDER DISMISSING WITHOUT PREJUDICE COUNTERCLAIMS FOR INVALIDITY OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,622,278 822 by Judge George H. Wu. It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that all counterclaims for invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 6,622,278 asserted in this suit by Defendants (other than Square Enix, Inc.) are hereby dismissed WITHOUT PREJUDICE (to the extent such counterclaims exist). (lom) (Entered: 07/10/2020)

3. #8222020-07-08

   Joint STIPULATION to Dismiss Case pursuant to All claims resolved filed by Plaintiff McRO Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(DeVincenzo, Michael) (Entered: 07/08/2020)

4. #8212020-07-08

   STATUS REPORT filed by Plaintiff McRO Inc. (DeVincenzo, Michael) (Entered: 07/08/2020)

5. 2020-05-20

   Text Only Bounced Notice of Electronic Filing E-mail

6. 2019-05-23

   Notice of Filing Transcript

7. 2019-05-23

   Text Only Bounced Notice of Electronic Filing E-mail

8. 2019-02-07

   TRANSMISSION of the Notice of Appeal, Docket Sheet, Judgment and or order e-mailed to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit re: Notice of Appeal to Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, 797 . (mat)

9. 2018-03-28

   Notice of Filing Transcript

10. 2018-02-06

    Text Only Scheduling Notice

11. 2018-01-31

    Text Only Scheduling Notice

12. 2017-12-22

    Notice of Filing Transcript

13. 2017-08-29

    Notice of Filing Transcript

14. 2017-08-25

    Text Only Notice of Deficiency re Request for Transcript

15. 2015-02-05

    TRANSMISSION of Federal Circuit Form 22. Docket Sheet and Federal Circuit Form 22 has been e-mailed to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit re: Notice of Appeal to Federal Circuit Court of Appeals 368 (car)

16. 2014-10-23

    TRANSMISSION of the Notice of Appeal, Docket Sheet, Judgment and or order e-mailed to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit re: Notice of Appeal to Federal Circuit Court of Appeals 368 (mat)

17. 2014-07-30

    COUNTERCLAIM against Counter-Defendant McRO Inc, filed by Defendant and Counter-Claimants Activision Publishing, Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.. (SEE DOCUMENT NUMBER 347 FOR THE ATTACHMENT THIS DOCUMENT WAS FILED AS AN ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIMS) (pj)

18. 2013-03-18

    21 DAY Summons Issued re FIRST Amended Complaint 44 as to Defendant Namco Banda Games America Inc. (pj)

19. 2013-03-18

    21 DAY Summons Issued re FIRST A Amended Complaint, 130 as to Defendant Treyarch Corporation. (ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN THE CIVIL CASE NUMBER 12-10342 ON 3/18/2013 GW (pj)

20. 2012-12-04

    21 DAY Summons Issued re Complaint - (Discovery) 1 as to Defendant Namco Banda Games America Inc. (et)

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