Acceleration
Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc.
Docket No. 1:15-cv-00282
U.S.
District Court, District of Delaware
Filed
March 30, 2015
On March 30,
2015, Acceleration Bay filed suit against Electronic Arts for the alleged
infringement of six of its multiplayer video game patents. The patents-in-suit
are: U.S. Patent Nos. 6,701,344; 6,714,966; 6,732,147; 6,829,634; 6,910,069;
and 6,920,497. These patents read on interacting with broadcast channels to
allow individual players to connect with other players and communicate with
them throughout the game by using a multiplayer mode.
On June 18, 2015, EA filed a reply brief in support of its Motion to Dismiss. There has been no ruling on the Motion to Dismiss thus far.
The accused
products are EA’s games FIFA 15, NHL 15, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, Crysis 3, and
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. The complaint alleges that the accused EA
games use Acceleration Bay’s network technology to offers users a multiplayer
gaming environment.
NHL
15 allows individual players to participate in its 5 vs. 5 online gameplay with
its Online Team Play mode.
Tiger
Woods PGA Tour 14 offer a multiplayer gaming environment and connects up to 24
individual players through its Connected Tournaments function.
Crysis
3 offers a multiplayer mode using a peer-to-peer network for up to 12
individual players. Crysis 3 allows includes a 6 vs. 6 team play.
Plants
vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare offers a multiplayer gaming environment connecting
up to 24 online players.
We will
continue to provide updates as the case progresses.
