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Back in the day lawsuits were won by unauthorized publishers wanting to sell games for e.g. the NES.
by nitrogen 6y ago
Back in the day lawsuits were won by unauthorized publishers wanting to sell games for e.g. the NES.
- nodamage 6y agoWhich specific lawsuits are you referring to?
- nitrogen 6y agoIt seems I had swapped Tengen and Accolade in my memory. I am thinking of Sega v. Accolade. The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's order and ruled that Accolade's use of reverse engineering to publish Genesis titles was protected under fair use, and that its alleged violation of Sega trademarks was the fault of Sega. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_v._Accolade https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_v._Accolade
- nodamage 6y agoBoth of those cases were about whether reverse engineering violates copyright law, they're not really relevant to the antitrust claims Epic is alleging in their lawsuits.