Capcom sues Koei Tecmo (well, they want to)

[Vergil'sBitch]

Apparently we all do things when we're desperate...
Except Capcom are desperate for money.

Capcom files lawsuit against Koei Tecmo for patent infringement
UPDATE: "This claim has no merit," says Koei.

UPDATE 27/08/2014 5.51pm: A Koei Tecmo representative has confirmed that this lawsuit is real, but the Samurai Warriors publisher is confident that it's in the right and there's no cause for alarm.

"It is true that Capcom has filed a suit against Koei Tecmo," the publisher said in a statement to Eurogamer. "However we hold that there has been no copyright infringement of IP and patents held by Capcom and believe that this claim has no merit as will be proven through legal proceedings."

ORIGINAL STORY 26/08/2014 7.21pm: Capcom is suing Koei Tecmo for patent infringement.
According to a report from Japanese publication Sankei (translated via Siliconera), Capcom claims that Koei Tecmo infringed upon a patent it filed back in 2002 that lets you gain new content by combining a new piece of software with an already existing game. Ostensibly this could refer to save data transferring or DLC that ends with the player acquiring new content in the parent game.

This is a very common practice, so it's not entirely clear why Capcom is taking it out on Koei specifically, but maybe there's more to it. Perhaps it has less to do with the concept than the technical execution of it?

The Street Fighter and Mega Man publisher's other peculiar patent that it's claiming Koei infringed upon is making a controller vibrate when enemies are near. Capcom postulated that this feature “has greatly contributed to the sales” of Koei Tecmo's titles.

Capcom feels that it's owed ¥980 million yen (about £5.68 million or $9.43 million) from the Ninja Gaiden publisher, which it claims violated Capcom patents in 50 of its games including Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends. It would also like to see several Koei games suspended from the marketplace.

Capcom has declined to comment on the case, while we've reached out to Koei to hopefully gain more insight on what's going on here.

Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...it-against-koei-tecmo-for-patent-infringement

If it's about expansions packs and dlc, why aren't Capcom suing EA?
Oh that's right, their claim is a load of oop:, so they're going after a 'smaller' company... (and that's why they haven't commented).

If they go through with this, they'll probably be in more financial trouble than they are now.
I hope Capcom are laughed out of court.

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: <----- twelve jurors ...

:shifty:

 

[Meg]

So basically, Capcom are so tired of Dynasty Warrior games they are willing to do anything to get Koei to stop making them. :wink: :laugh:

:facepalm:

 

[Chancey289]

Capcom, bringing someone to court is not free. If you do, you need to have a good reason and strong case.

Anyone wanna play a game? Who thinks Capcom will live through 2015?

 

[Innsmouth]

apparently capcom tries to cash in some money :/

 

[xMobilemux]

Watching Capcom's downfall is beginning to be more fun than the games they make lol.

 

[Innsmouth]

I think last fun game they made was Dragon's Dogma, and even than it wasn't as good as their old titles. :/

 

[ef9dante_oSsshea]

I saw this on ign , i gueas they will try anything at this stage.

 

[Demi-fiend]

Anyone wanna play a game?

*Insert Saw reference here.*

See, this is why I was so reluctant to post my Demons Will Clash and Stormless Cove (Silent Hill) ideas: not only will the fans get mad (despite my following their "insistence" on making new franchises from ideas they don't like instead of inserting them into already existing ones) at me for doing so, but CC will also apparently launch a "cease-and-desist" (along with who knows what else) against me because they're failing horrendously in today's even more cutthroat game industry.

So what if I'm only changing the names and a few story aspects from these series? If 50 SoG can do it, then so can I.

Don't get me wrong. I'll still do it anyway (because I like the idea of taking the best aspects out of certain series while leaving out what I dislike) through crowd-funding and such, but that doesn't make me any less worried about the 'obstacles' I'll face.

And no, I don't think they'll survive the next fiscal year; we should start a betting pool.

Is this Capcom's wet floor in a shopping mall.

Ha! Good one. :laugh:

 

[BLACKSWIPE]

Ugh, Capcom.

You've made some outstanding games and it's gonna suck to see you die. Hurry up and sell all of your titles to Nintendo so that they can live on~

 

[The Final Offer]

I think they're doing it for some publicity. Something huge is about to happen and now everyone will be clicking on Capcom articles.

 

[berto]

Ugh, Capcom.

You've made some outstanding games and it's gonna suck to see you die. Hurry up and sell all of your titles to Nintendo so that they can live on~

Oh, sweet lord, no, not to any one council maker. Sell your titles to a company that makes all multi-platforms... Just not EA.