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Zenimax sues Oculus on trade secrets

Accepted submission by c0lo at 2014-05-22 03:55:50
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Just in: many [kotaku.com] news [usatoday.com] outlets [cnet.com] report on Zenimax suing [zenimax.com] Oculus over misappropriation of trade secrets.

ArsTechnica has a good timeline [arstechnica.com] of the "brawl" (too long to post here, but RTFA for it):

What started merely as strongly worded letters [arstechnica.com] and back-and-forth accusations [arstechnica.com] between Id Software parent company ZeniMax Media and VR headset maker Oculus has now turned into an actual legal case. ZeniMax today filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern Texas district accusing Oculus of misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, breach of contract, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, trademark infringement, and false designation.

(timeline here)

In a statement, an Oculus spokesperson said "the lawsuit filed by ZeniMax has no merit whatsoever. As we have previously said, ZeniMax did not contribute to any Oculus technology. Oculus will defend these claims vigorously."

Popcorn, anyone?


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