Gibson Files Lawsuit Against Rock Band and Guitar Hero
Category: Gaming, Copyright InfringersPosted: March 24, 2008 11:15AM
Author: oldfett
Friday (March 21) Gibson Guitar filed a lawsuit against Viacom INC, MTV networks, Harmonix and Electronic Arts. Gibson feels that the guitar controlers that are used to play the game violate Gibson's 1999 patent for a similar technology. Activision has already filed a preemptive suit against Gibson to declare its patent invalid. Activision legally licensed rights to model the controlers and guitars ingame from Gibson and feels that in waiting three years to file a lawsuit Gibson was allowing the use of this technology. It will be interesting to see how this pans out in the coming months with how popular Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become.
