The Internet is so central to how modern life operates that it’s easy to forget how much patent protection the technology that went into creating the World Wide Web has. And some of these patents are still in use today. Zynga may learn this the hard way, as a court ruled last week that the game company infringed on IBM patents related to its pre-Internet telecommunications platform. From the 1980s. As a result, Zynga could face a loss of $44.9 million. IBM’s 1993 patent for “Method of Presenting Advertisements in an Interactive Service” is worth $40 million in recommended damages.
For anyone who still plays the once-ubiquitous Zynga games, this decision shouldn’t cut into your gaming time. The company released information about this it will not have to change its games or cease operations as a result of the court order. Interestingly, not every game in Zynga’s catalog was like this to infringe patents. For example, Crosswords with friends was considered a criminal, but none Words with Friends were the headlines. This was reported by the representative of Take-Two company the company will appeal the decision.
There is IBM collection of intellectual property rights. Zynga was In 2022 by Take-Two Interactive, this Prodigy is not its first target for infringing patents, and it likely won’t be its last. The computer company has grown over the years from the long-running giants (eg and formerly Twitter) to flashes in the pan (like ). But some defendants, like the pet retail platform They successfully beat IBM’s legal charges.
