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Enlarge / An Oculus Rift photo montage from Oculus Connect (credit: Kyle Orland) Earlier this year, ZeniMax won a $ 500 million judgment against Facebook-owned Oculus and many of its executives for illegal use of ZeniMax’s VR technology and copyrights. That wasn’t the end of Oculus’ legal trouble, though. The company is now fighting off a […]
Enlarge / An Oculus Rift photo montage from Oculus Connect (credit: Kyle Orland) Earlier this year, ZeniMax won a $ 500 million judgment against Facebook-owned Oculus and many of its executives for illegal use of ZeniMax’s VR technology and copyrights. That wasn’t the end of Oculus’ legal trouble, though. The company is now fighting off a […]
Was this headset using proprietary secrets stolen from ZeniMax? After winning a $ 500 million judgement against Oculus over the development of the company’s virtual reality technology, id Software parent ZeniMax Media is now going after Oculus partner Samsung. In a federal lawsuit filed late last week in the Northern District of Texas, the company […]
Enlarge / John Carmack, CTO of Oculus VR, as seen in 2016. (credit: GABRIELLE LURIE/AFP/Getty Images) John Carmack, the CTO of Oculus, has sued his former employer, ZeniMax Media, for alleged breach of contract. In the lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday, Carmack claims that he is owed over $ 22.5 million as part of […]
Oculus CTO John Carmack has personally joined the litigation war between his company and ZeniMax. He has just filed a lawsuit against the media firm for refusing to pay the rest of what it owes him for id Software’s $ 150 million acquisition in 2009. Carmack co-founded id Software in 1991, and it’s best known […]
A legal expert says ZeniMax may have trouble preventing Oculus from selling the Rift, following a civil verdict that went partially in its favor. Update, February 24, 5:30 p.m.: ZeniMax Media has followed through on its promise to file an injunction against Oculus and Facebook. According to UploadVR, ZeniMax’s injunction was filed on Thursday with the following recommendation: […]
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Facebook/Tech Insider Video game publisher ZeniMax Media Inc., which earlier this month won a $ 500 million verdict against Facebook Inc.’s Oculus virtual reality unit for unauthorized copying of computer code, has asked a federal judge to block Oculus from using the code in its products. ZeniMax made its request in papers filed on Thursday […]
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup. This time, BioWare is working on a new franchise, the game industry speaks out against Trump, and we play the anticipated role-playing game Torment: Tides of Numenera. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: Announcing GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech […]
ZeniMax is triumphant in its lawsuit against Oculus over alleged technology theft… well, sort of. A Texas jury has determined that Oculus must pay $ 500 million to ZeniMax over claims that Palmer Luckey didn’t comply with a non-disclosure agreement he signed with the game publisher. However, what didn’t happen is more telling. The jury […]
