Litigation

Nintendo is Suing Bowser Over Hacked Switch Consoles

Top GamesDoug Bowser, President of Nintendo of America, is suing hacker Gary Bowser for copyright infringement in the ultimate Battle of the Bowsers. | NintendoDoug Bowser, President of Nintendo of America, is suing hacker Gary Bowser for copyright infringement in the ultimate Battle of the Bowsers.Charges were filed in a western Seattle District Court on Friday, April 16, against Gary Bowser, one alleged leader of Team Xecuter—a known hack creation group. According to Nintendo's legal team, Bowser and his "pirate operation" have been selling illicit operating systems and tools meant

Why Activision Filed a Warzone Trademark Lawsuit Against an Indie Developer

by Jason Parker in Call of Duty | Apr, 14th 2021 What’s all this business about the Activision Warzone lawsuit, anyway? It has to do with the trademark “Warzone,” since there was an indie game with that name several years before Call of Duty Warzone even cropped up. The owner/creator of Warzone.com won’t cease attempting to halt Activision’s use of the “Warzone” trademark. Though Warzone.com has been around since 2017, the creator didn’t set up a trademark until Oct. 30. Activision? They got to it back in June 2020. Hasbro’s Risk inspires

Sports Stocks Approach Breakout Potential (OTC US: BTDG) ($CHDN) ($WWE) ($MSGS)

The live sports space has been a key story in the process of the pandemic. Now, with multiple vaccine candidates moving toward emergency use authorization, that reality is heightened. Normality is nearing a return. In the past three weeks, we have seen COVID-19 vaccine candidates from Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna, and Oxford/AstraZeneca all report strong data and promising safety/efficacy profiles, which shapes the market’s view and discounting mechanism powerfully. Now, we are seeing new announcements from both Russia and China ringing the same bell. The reopening trade is on in a big

Extra Crunch roundup: Inside DoorDash’s IPO, first-person founder stories, the latest in fintech VC and more

One of my favorite series of Monty Python sketches is built around the concept of surprise: Chapman: I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [Three cardinals burst in] Cardinal Ximénez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! I was reminded of this today when I needed to reschedule a few stories so we could cover DoorDash’s S-1 filing from multiple angles. First, Managing Editor Danny Crichton looked at how well the company’s co-founders and many investors stand to make out. Alex Wilhelm covered the IPO announcement in depth on TechCrunch before writing