July 15, 2019
An Illinois federal judge on Monday said he won't order a retrial after a jury awarded slot game maker GC2 Inc. more than $16 million over claims rival International Game Technology PLC and others violated its copyrights when they launched certain games online.
May 20, 2019
An Illinois federal jury was well within its right to award $16 million to GC2 Inc. after finding that rival International Game Technology PLC had infringed its slot game copyrights, meaning there's no reason for a new trial or lower verdict, GC2 said.
March 27, 2019
Game designer GC2 Inc.'s misleading closing argument tricked a jury into awarding a too-high $16 million after finding International Game Technology PLC had infringed its rival's slot game copyrights, IGT argued in an Illinois federal court motion that seeks a new trial or a reduced verdict.
February 20, 2019
International Game Technology PLC must pay an additional $1.74 million in statutory damages, an Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday, after a jury found that the company infringed slot game maker GC2 Inc.'s copyrighted artwork when launching certain games for online play,
February 11, 2019
Slot game maker GC2 Inc. has set its sights on the maximum possible penalty under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act after a jury found three companies infringed its artwork for online slot games, requesting a total of $208.8 million on top of the jury's $16 million verdict.
February 05, 2019
An Illinois federal jury has awarded slot game maker GC2 Inc. $16.2 million over its claims that International Game Technology PLC and several others infringed its copyrights when they used its artwork for online slot games without permission.
February 01, 2019
Illinois-based game maker GC2 Inc. is asking for about $15 million to compensate it for video slot game artwork that was used in online games, even though it didn't infringe its copyrights and isn't worth nearly that much, an Illinois federal jury heard Friday.
January 22, 2019
Slot game technology maker International Game Technology PLC used copyrighted art and graphics for several of an Illinois company's slot games without permission when the company launched them into cyberspace for online play, a federal jury heard Tuesday.