Koei Tecmo Final Appeal in Capcom Lawsuit Rejected by Supreme Court
Koei Tecmo announced that the Supreme Court of Japan had rejected its final appeal regarding the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Capcom. [Thanks, 4Gamer.]
The final appeal settlement brought a complete closure to the lawsuit, which was filed in 2014. Capcom sued Koei Tecmo for infringing a couple of game-related patents owned by the company. The first one involved unlocking more content by reading the disc of a previous game, commonly seen in the
Xtreme Legends expansions of
Dynasty Warriors and
Samurai Warriors games. The other handled controller rumble to convey information not visible on the player’s screen, was used in the