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News - Activision, Gibson Settle Latest Suit
gamasutra.com - 4/24/2009
News - Activision, Gibson Settle Latest Suit
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Activision and guitar maker Gibson have been tangled in substantial legal controversy during the past year over a patent related to music games. Last week, however, the companies put their latest dispute to rest in a California district court. Court documents obtained by Gamasutra show that the ...
gamepolitics.com - 4/30/2009
It's Ugly: Valve Sues Activision, Activision Threatens to Sue Valve
— gamepolitics.com — An ugly court action is underway and it involves a pair of video game titans. On Tuesday... Valve filed suit against Activision Blizzard in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The suit alleges that Activision refused to honor an agreement to abide by an ... (more) It's Ugly: Valve Sues Activision, Activision Threatens ...

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Activision has High Moon working on Transformers, Radical on Spider-Man
weblogs.variety.com - 4/23/2009
Activision has High Moon working on Transformers, Radical on Spider-Man
— weblogs.variety.com — When Activision Blizzard buys a development studio, it generally asks one simple question: Which one of our... franchises can these guys work on? The publisher's business model is based entirely on brands that it "exploits" (sequelizes and spins off) ... (more) Activision has High Moon working on Transformers, ...

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Guitar Hero: Van Halen Confirmed By Ratings Board? [Activision]
kotaku.com - 4/18/2009
Guitar Hero: Van Halen Confirmed By Ratings Board? [Activision]
— kotaku.com — While Activision's plans for a Guitar Hero game highlighting the music and career of Van Halen is... a poorly kept secret, the publisher hasn't yet officially announced it. But the German game ratings board has. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick first ... (more) Guitar Hero: Van Halen Confirmed By Ratings Board? ...

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GoNintendo:  Activision and Gibson make nice

Binge Gamer Dot Net:  Best of the Week: April 20th - April 24th, 2009

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Activision and Gibson make nice
GoNintendo — Activision and Gibson have been throwing lawsuits at one another for awhile now, but it looks like the end has finally come. A judge has dismissed all suits filed, and now everyone is making nice with each other. Just think of how big of a waste all this was. Nearly a year spent fighting back and forth, and the only things to come from it were time lost and money depleted. Would have been a little smarter to talk things out instead of firing off lawsuits as quickly as possible. Link Posted April 24th, 2009 at 1:19 pm | ...

Best of the Week: April 20th - April 24th, 2009
Binge Gamer Dot Net — ... in Japan - GoNintendo Sumner Redstone treated Midway “like a toy” - The Deal Empire Interactive is no more - Games Asylum Peggle in WoW?! Mah GAWD! - WoW Insider Court on Square Enix buyout of Eidos: …sure, why not? - Gamasutra Xbox 360 surpasses 30 million worldwide unit sales - MaxConsole 2K Games supports OnLive - BeefJack Activision, Gibson Guitars make nice - Gamasutra Pandemic: We announced The Saboteur too damn early, bless EA for giving us ...

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