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OPINION AND ORDER Kristine G. Baker, United States District Judge Plaintiffs P.S. Products, Inc. (“P.S. Products”) and Billy Pennington bring this action against defendants Activision Blizzard, Inc., Activision Publishing, Inc., and Treyareh Corporation and allege claims of patent infringement; unfair competition; violation of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“ADTPA”), Ark. Code Ann. §

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE SJUNDE AP-FONDEN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 2022-1001-KSJM ) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., ) ROBERT KOTICK, BRIAN KELLY, ) ROBERT MORGADO, ROBERT ) CORTI, HENDRIK HARTONG III, ) CASEY WA

ANDREWS, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE Presently before the Court are Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment of Infringement and Validity and Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony of Catharine M. Lawton (No. 16-453, D.I. 439; D.I. 16-454, D.I. 388; D.I. 16-455, D.I. 386)1 and related briefing (D.I. 448, 474, 503); Plaintiff's Motion to Correct Claim 19 of the '634 patent (D.I. 438) and related briefing (D.I. 438,

OPINION LASTER, Vice Chancellor. Plaintiff Anthony Pacchia has challenged a transaction through which Activision Blizzard, Inc. (“Activision” or the “Company”) and an entity controlled by Activision’s two senior officers acquired over 50% of the Company’s outstanding shares from Vivendi S.A., its controlling stockholder, for approximately $8 billion in cash. The plaintiff contends that Vivendi and the mem

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF DEFENDANTS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC., AND PENGUIN GROUP (USA), INC. [filed 3/14/13; Docket No. 34] JOHN F. WALTER, District Judge. On March 14, 2013, Defendants Activision Blizzard, Inc., Activision Publishing, Inc., and Penguin Group (USA), Inc. filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (“Motion”). On May 23, 2013, Plain

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT RICHARD SEEBORG, United States District Judge I. INTRODUCTION In this action arising from claims of copyright and trademark infringement, plaintiff Mil-Spec Monkey, Inc. (“MSM”) avers that the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts, created and published by defendant Activision Publishing, Inc. and Activision Blizzard, Inc. (collecti

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN RE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. ) Consolidated STOCKHOLDER LITIGATION ) C.A. No. 8885-VCL OPINION Date Submitted: March 4, 2015 Date Decided: May 20, 2015 Date Revised: May 21, 2015 Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, FRIEDLANDER & GORRIS, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Jessica Zeld

OPINION LASTER, Vice Chancellor. Anthony Pacchia (the “Lead Plaintiff’) and his attorneys (“Lead Counsel”) challenged a transaction in which Vivendi S.A. divested its controlling equity position in Activision Blizzard,. Inc. (“Activision” or the “Company”). The transaction restructured Activision’s governance profile and stockholder base, so this decisio

Filed 3/29/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA B.D., a Minor, etc., et al., D078506 Plaintiffs and Respondents, “ (Super. Ct. No. 37-2020- BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC., | 90020000-CU-BT-CTL) Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, John S. Meyer, Judge. Reversed with directions. Greenberg Traurig, Jeff E. Scott, Robert J. Herrington and Dominic E. Draye for Defendan

REYNA, Circuit Judge. This appeal is from a grant of judgment on the pleadings under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c) that the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,307,576 (“the ’576 patent”) and 6,611,278 (“the ’278 patent”) are invalid. The United States District Court for the Central District of California found that the asserted claims are directed to patent-ineligible subject matte

CHIN, Circuit Judge: *307 [[Image here]] In 1972, the Marvel Comics Group published a comic book featuring the “Ghost Rider” — a motorcycle-riding superhero with supernatural powers and a flaming skull for a head. The issue — which sold for twenty cents — told the story of Johnny

22-1006 Vans, Inc. v. MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. In the United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit ______________ August Term, 2022 (Argued: September 28, 2022 Decided: December 5, 2023) Docket No. 22-1006

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE KRYSTYN COLON, on behalf of herself ) and all other similarly situated ) stockholders of BUMBLE, INC., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 2022-0824-JTL ) BUMBLE, INC., WHITNEY WOLFE ) HERD, and BLA

ORDER ON PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS WILLIAM H. ORRICK, United States District Judge INTRODUCTION This is a patent infringement action in which plaintiff Word to Info, Inc. (“WTI”) accuses defendant Google, Inc. of infringing seven related patents claiming techniques for natural language processing,1 Google filed this partial motion to dismiss

RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS BASED ON UNPA-TENTABILITY UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 101 GEORGE H. WU, District Judge. I. Background The Court is presiding over two sets of consolidated patent infringement cases filed by Plaintiff McRO, Inc., d.b.a. Planet Blue (“Plaintiff’ or “Planet Blue”): the “Track 1” cases, consolidated under Case No. CV-12-10322,

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE IN RE MINDBODY, INC., ) CONSOLIDATED STOCKHOLDER LITIGATION ) C.A. No. 2019-0442-KSJM MEMORANDUM OPINION Submitted: June 5, 2023 Decided: November 15, 2023 Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, FRIEDLANDER & GORRIS, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, BERNSTEIN LITOW

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FRANCIS M. FORD, on behalf of himself ) and all others similarly situated and ) derivatively on behalf of VMWARE, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 11714-VCL ) VMWARE, INC., JOSEPH M. TUCCI,

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE PVH POLYMATH VENTURE ) HOLDINGS LTD, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) C.A. No. 2023-0502-BWD ) TAG FINTECH, INC., a Delaware ) corporation, ) )

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE JOSEPH C. BAMFORD and YOUNG MIN BAN, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) C.A. No. 2019-0005-JTL PENFOLD, L.P.; DELAWARE VALLEY ) REGIONAL CENTER, LLC; WEST 36TH, INC.; ) JOSEPH MANHEIM; and REATH & CO., LLC; ) )

COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE LORI W. WILL LEONARD L. WILLIAMS JUSTICE CENTER VICE CHANCELLOR 500 N. KING STREET, SUITE 11400 WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801-3734 March 31, 2025 Gregory V. Varallo, Esquire