Intellectual property (IP) is critical to the gaming industry. A video game is, at its heart, a collection of intellectual property rights. Whether you work for a pillar of the industry or are just starting out as an independent game developer, everyone should have a basic understanding of what these rights are, how they can impact your business, and how you may lose those rights. In the second of a series of papers exploring [...]

In a series of decisions issued between March and August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified several important principles governing patent claim construction. These rulings — Maquet Cardiovascular LLC v. Abiomed Inc., Eye Therapies LLC v. Slayback Pharma LLC, FMC Corp. v. Sharda USA LLC and Acufloor LLC v. EvenTile Inc. — offer valuable insights into the role of prosecution history, transitional phrases and specification evolution in defining patent scope. [...]