Giant Interactive Group Inc. (“Giant”), an online game developer in China, has become the target of a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The suit alleges that Giant lost subscribers after curbing gold farming activity in its popular “ZT Online” (aka “Zheng Tu Online”) title, [...]
Posted in Content Creators, Copyright Law, DE Designs, Eros, Eros et al v. Simon, Lawsuits, Le Cadre, Nomine, Pixel Dolls, Property Law, RH Designs, Second Life, Trademark Law, Virtual Law, Virtual Worlds & Games on December 3rd, 2007 15 Comments »
A judgment by consent (.pdf) was filed today in the copyright and trademark lawsuit six Second Life content creators brought against Thomas Simon (avatar ‘Rase Kenzo’) last month. In the judgment — which still must be “entered” by the court to take effect — Simon agrees to a number of terms and conditions, including the [...]
Chinese news source Pacific Epoch reports that global semiconductor superpower Intel opened a store on November 22 in the Beijing-based virtual world HiPiHi (a Chinese virtual world similar to Second Life). Intel is the first IT enterprise to set up shop in HiPiHi. Intel plans to build a 160,000 square meter virtual island and open [...]
