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Despite the games having cosmetic differences with different settings, the similarities between the games were evidence that Yeti Town had illegally appropriated elements of Triple Town. The judge rejected a motion from 6waves Lolapps to dismiss the case, thus undermining their main defense, since the games did have several identical gameplay ...
The case was subsequently settled out of court, with Spry Fox gaining ownership of the Yeti Town property by the end of 2012. [103] Since these cases in 2012, legal scholars have found that courts have been more scrutinizing of look-and-feel in cases involving video game clones. [64]
The game was released by Yeti on June 14, 2012, for the Xbox 360, [1] and on September 28, 2012, for Microsoft Windows. [10] Xtend Edition was released on October 24, 2013, for the PlayStation 3, [17] and on July 24, 2014, for the PlayStation Vita. [25]
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Social games publisher 6waves Lolapps (6L) had a taste of mobile game goodness when it acquired Yeti Town maker Escalation Studios. Now, the company wants a full course meal, as it has announced a ...
By the early 2000s, Rogers and Pajitnov created The Tetris Company to control the Tetris intellectual property, and to license their rights to game developers who comply with certain standards. [3] In 2009, Desiree Golden founded a game studio called Xio Interactive, and released a mobile game called Mino based on the gameplay of Tetris. [4]
The case lays down 3 steps to be followed to ascertain copying: The allegedly infringed work is analyzed to determine the parts that are protected, The unprotected parts are subtracted, and; The fact finder examines significant similarities between what remains of the allegedly infringed work and the allegedly infringing work. [38]
Vlambeer is a Dutch independent video game developer based in Utrecht.Founded in 2010, the studio was composed of Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman. The studio is known for the games Super Crate Box (2010), Serious Sam: The Random Encounter (2011), Ridiculous Fishing (2013), Luftrausers (2014), and Nuclear Throne (2015), as well as for their stand against video game cloning.