Topic Digest: Worlds.com Asserting Patents on Virtual Worlds

Terra Nova : Worlds.com Asserting Patents on Virtual Worlds

Author : Mike Sellers Posted : December 12 2008 17:59:04

News in the blogosphere this morning (from Sean Kane's Virtual Law blog, via Virtual Worlds News) that Worlds.com, a company that was an early pioneer of virtual worlds development, but which has long been relegated to the shadows of online history, is flexing potential litigious muscle in asserting certain patents it has been awarded on key aspects affecting virtual worlds and MMOGs -- essentially, just about anything with a virtual space and an avatar.

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Pavig Lok : Someone invented virtual worlds and has the patent to prove it!

Author : pavig Posted : December 14 2008 06:35:51

As Terra Nova previously reported: Worlds.com has filed United States Patent: 6219045 claiming that it invented virtual worlds.

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