Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property
Sep. 18, 2012
Electronic Arts v. Zynga: real dispute over virtual worlds
The video game makers are in the middle of a dispute over whether Zynga's virtual-world game "The Ville" is suspiciously similar to EA's "The Sims Social."
Jennifer L. Kelly
Tyz Law Group PCIntellectual Property, Commercial Litigation
Phone: (415) 613-5899
Email: jennifer@tyzlaw.com
UCLA School of Law
Electronic Arts Inc.'s (EA) recent lawsuit against Zynga Inc. filed last month is the latest in a string of disputes where a video game owner has asserted that an alleged copycat game has crossed the line between lawful copying and copyright infringement. See Electronic Arts Inc. v. Zynga Inc., No. 3:12-cv-04099 (N.D. Cal. filed Aug. 3, 2012). EA has accused Zynga of infringing its copyright in "The Sims Social," which is EA's Facebook version of its highly successful PC and conso...
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