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Reporting and commentary on games industry issues and related regulatory developments as well as legislation and litigation
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Context: On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced an agreement to acquire Activision Blizzard, also referred to as Activision Blizzard King (ABK; King being the Candy Crush maker). The regulators in many jurisdictions cleared the deal either on the fast track or after an in-depth investigation. In the special case of the UK Competition & Markets...
Context: While patent disputes between game makers such as Nintendo’s litigation against Pocketpair over Palworld (
Context: Yesterday we discussed Pocketpair’s announcement of a Palworld update that changes a certain game mechanic (flying on non-player characters) and explained how this “fleeing Pokémon” type of moving-target strategy involving workarounds makes it...
Context: Nintendo is suing Palworld maker Pocketpair over three patents in Japan, and the latter is defending itself with multiple non-infringement argumen...
Context: In 2022, Microsoft announced an agreement to acquire game maker Activision Blizzard, unofficially also known as Activision Blizzard King (ABK) (King being the maker of Candy Crush and other mobile games). There was some regulatory resistance. In June 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requested a preliminary injunction (PI) from ...
