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New court documents show that the United States Copyright Office has ruled that Alfonso Ribeiro cannot copyright the dance that he popularized as...

Let's be real, the disaster of Fortnite Live in the UK is not on par with DashCon or Fyre Festival. There will not be...

Remember back in 2016 when Pokemon Go news was bonkers? We covered multiple lawsuits revolving around the game, including one lodged against...

Epic Games has taken its next step in its legal tango with the growing list of artists who have filed lawsuits over the...

It looks like Take-Two has added another marker to its tally of successful lawsuits against cheaters, this time against the creator of the...

Pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced a bill that seeks to institute a tax on mature-rated video games sold in the state. House Bill 109 would...

Back in December, we covered trouble brewing in the Escape From Tarkov community, as Russian developer Battlestate stood accused of abusing DMCA takedowns...

Remember back in 2018 when Belgium cracked down on gambleboxes in video games, zeroing in on Overwatch, FIFA 18, and CSGO and

The controversy over the sudden split between Destiny 2 developer Bungie and longtime publishing partner Activision continues with the announcement that...

For many of us, Facebook use is something we do grudgingly -- we're never quite liking the social platform, but we're also unable to...

NetEase has once again become a household name for gamers thanks to its partnership with Blizzard on Diablo Immortal and many other titles, but...

There are a lot of game companies in China, but Tencent and NetEase are the two titans with huge stables of titles, numerous online...

Five members of the now-defunct professional Heroes of the Storm team Naventic have filed a lawsuit against the team's former owner, James Ross...

One of the big gaming legal disputes of 2018 was the lawsuit Bethsoft lodged against Behaviour Interactive over the release of the Westworld mobile...

The epic saga of Epic Games's legal battles over Fortnite dance emotes continues as the mother of the player popularly known as...

Strange lawsuits aren't exactly uncommon within the gaming industry, but this one might just be the weirdest so far -- this year, at any...

Two days ago, Activision and Bungie announced an early split of their long-running partnership, a split that transferred publishing rights for the...

The seemingly never-ending saga of 38 Studios and Project Copernicus has another coda this week in its sad history. Gamasutra is reporting that...

Japan's Association of Copyright for Computer Software is going after console modders in some recent revisions to the country's Unfair Competition Prevention Law. According...

Last year, we started a new end-of-the-year tradition: a recap of all the legal and political dramas that have affected the MMO genre...