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McRO Inc v. Sega of America Inc
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September 24, 2014
Disney, EA Get Animation Lip-Sync Patents Nixed Under Alice
A California federal judge on Monday invalidated patent claims in an infringement suit targeting Electronic Arts Inc., Disney Interactive Studios and nearly two dozen other video game studios over lip-sync animation technology, ruling the patents only described an abstract set of rules.
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September 18, 2014
Disney, EA Say Game Animation Lip-Sync Not Patentable
Disney Interactive Studios Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and other video game makers urged a California federal judge to toss patent infringement claims over a set of rules for lip-synching on animated characters, saying Thursday that the rules are unpatentable because they aren't novel or concrete.
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March 04, 2013
EA, Sega, Others Dodge Patent Suits Over Animation Tech
A California federal judge on Monday threw out 11 patent infringement lawsuits against Electronic Arts Inc., Sega of America Inc. and other video game companies, ruling that computer graphics company McRO Inc. failed to give defendants fair notice of which of its animated facial expression patents were allegedly infringed.