Last year, around this time, Gibson filed a lawsuit against Activision and a few other companies linked to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Now the US District Court for the Central District of California has ruled out Gibson’s claims and Activision come out unscathed. Gibson had filed a lawsuit claiming that developers, publishers and retailers dealing with Guitar Hero and Rock Band violate their 1999 patent stating “a system for electronically simulating participation by a user in a pre-recorded musical performance.”
Judgement passed thoroughly disagreed with Gibson’s plea by describing gaming peripherals as “toys that represent other items.” Gibson won’t just be sobbing over this particular lost cause but also over some other lawsuits that they’ve filed against Harmonix, EA and Viacom on similar grounds. Hopefully Gibson will save itself from being ridiculed further and find some silent dark corner where no one can see them cry. But, in case, they do plan to go ahead with their nonsensical pursuit, then I bet they’d be a laughing stock alright. Obviously, unless they find a better way of convincing people that they’ve indeed been ripped off.
Via: Engadget
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I can’t blame Gibson,but Guitar Hero is such a different thing, and different concept. I’m not that bias but Guitar Hero really Rocks!