DRM Firm Launches Second Patent Infringement Suit

Digital Rights Management (DRM) firm, Uniloc, has filed a copy protection suit against several large corporations, including Sony, Activision Blizzard, Aspyr Media, and others alleging that the named defendants infringed on a software registration patent.

This claim comes in the midst of a 7-year long battle against Microsoft for a similar patent infringement. While the district court awarded $388 million in damages in 2009, the verdict was later overturned and Uniloc intends to appeal that decision.

Uniloc claims that because of the publicity of the prior lawsuit with Microsoft, the defendants had notice of their infringements and should have discontinued their unauthorized use of the patented software.

Coverage at GamePolitics