Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 14, 2022
Riot Games’ copyright complaint against Chinese developer is dismissed
“The question is whether circumstances have truly changed from those that existed in 2017 or whether Riot simply seeks a second bite at the apple, unhappy with the progress (or lack thereof) in the still on-going, parallel China litigation. The Court deems the latter to be the case,” U.S. Judge Michael Fitzgerald wrote.
A team from Keker, Van Nest & Peters secured dismissal of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Chinese game developer Shanghai Moonton Technology Co., Ltd. by Riot Games.
“For years, the parties have been litigating highly related copyright claims in China that raise many of the same issues that Riot is now trying to re-raise in the U.S.,” firm partner Ajay Krishnan said. “It would have been duplicative, inefficient, and who...
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