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Bizarre 3D graphics patent suit involves software and hardware developers

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On November 5, 2004, 2:45 PM

On a strikingly unconventional note, Texas law firm McKool Smith is claiming the violation of a 1987 3D graphics patent that covers the display in 2D of a 3D image (think of Doom, Quake, and everything else!).

The law firm plans to target both game publishers and hardware manufacturers on its patent violation litigation. Among the big names already involved there is: Electronic Arts, Activision, Take Two, Ubisoft, Atari, THQ, Vivendi Universal, Sega, Square Enix, Tecmo, Lucasarts and Namco. While in the hardware side of the story we have other 19 companies including HP, Dell, IBM, Toshiba and Sony.

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  1. November 6, 2004 12:25 AM
    Didou said:
    All hail the almighty patent system. Gee, I can't wait for such a system to be enforced in Europe.
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  2. November 6, 2004 11:30 PM
    Tarkus said:
    You'd think they'd have gotten the video card manufacturers on the hardware side. Companies like Dell? They don't make anything that could render 3D. They are parts assemblers.
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