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Back on Stage in the Guitar Hero/Gibson Suit?
Back on Stage in the Guitar Hero/Gibson Suit?
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., along with a host of game retailers, is asking a court in Tennessee to resume proceedings in a patent suit brought by Gibson Guitar Corporation over the "Guitar Hero" line of video games. The suit was filed by Gibson in 2008, and alleged that the Guitar Hero games ...
Guitar Hero without a guitar
procrastineering.blogspot.com — This year, I'm helping the User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) conference put their proceedings videos online... so that more people can access them. So far, I've gotten most of the videos from this year uploaded to the conference YouTube ... (more) Guitar Hero without a guitar
Analysis: Guitar Hero Vs. Rock Band, Behind The Numbers
Analysis: Guitar Hero Vs. Rock Band, Behind The Numbers
gamasutra.com — The September 2009 showdown between The Beatles: Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5 is perhaps the most... direct competition between the two franchises the industry has yet experienced. The Harmonix-developed Beatles game launched on September 9th while the ... (more) Analysis: Guitar Hero Vs. Rock Band, Behind The Numbers
Wonder At The Guitar Hero Muscle Controller [Clips]
Wonder At The Guitar Hero Muscle Controller [Clips]
kotaku.com — Welcome to Bobby Kotick's nightmare, a world in which Guitar Hero controllers could be rendered useless ,... a world in which video games can be played by monitoring muscle actions. A brave new air guitar future! In reality, this technical ... (more) Wonder At The Guitar Hero Muscle Controller [Clips]
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Harmonix calls for an encore in Gibson patent case
Joystiq — The patent suit brought by Gibson against Harmonix and other parties related to Guitar Hero and Rock Band was stayed due to the US Patent and Trademark Office deciding to reexamine the patent. According to Patent Arcade, Harmonix and a group of retailers have asked a Tennessee court to continue proceedings -- ff the case against them. Why is Harmonix engaging in this seemingly self-destructive (but not in the cool rock star way) behavior? When the USPTO looked into the patent again, it changed the definition of ...

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