IN BRIEF: Tencent's Supercell hit with $92 million mobile-game patent verdict

  • 📰 Reuters
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 19 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 97%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

A jury in East Texas federal court has ruled that Tencent Holdings Ltd-owned Supercell Oy – which makes popular mobile games including 'Clash of Clans' and 'Clash Royale' – owes Tokyo-based Gree Inc more than $92 million for willfully infringing patents related to increasing user engagement with mobile games.

A man walks past a billboard with signs of Tencent-backed Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc ahead of the company’s U.S. initial public offering on New York Stock Exchange , in Beijing, China May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

The Friday verdict is the second one for Gree in a series of disputes between the two companies over Supercell's alleged infringement of several Gree patents. GreeTrial in a third case is set to begin in August. Michael Sacksteder of Fenwick & West represented Supercell. Gree's attorney Steven Moore of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton declined to comment.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 2. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines