Invoking classic Bob Dylan and fresh U.S. Supreme Court precedent on patent-eligibility, a federal judge on Wednesday halted a small company’s litigation campaign against the video game industry.
In a 23-page ruling, U.S. District Judge George Wu in Los Angeles invalidated patents belonging to McRo Inc. that claimed a method of making video game characters look more natural when they speak. Siding with McRo’s targets in the litigation—Sega of America Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Disney Interactive Studios Inc., among others—Wu ruled that McRo’s patents cover the abstract idea of using mathematical rules, rather than artists, to improve video game graphics.
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