Replying To: Sega Sues EA Over Patented Gameplay Idea By Jeff Foster, Section UnFairUse Posted on Tue Dec 09, 2003 at 05:43:23 PM PDT Patent Nonsense -- Litigation Lunacy Sega Games , according to this Reuters story, has filed suit against Electronic Arts for infringing on a patent that Sega holds for the Crazy Taxi game. Sega claims, according to Reuters, that The Electronic Arts game Simpson's Road Rage was designed to "deliberately copy and imitate” Crazy Taxi. The Sega patent apparently applies to the basic game mechanics of Crazy Taxi which involves picking up passengers in a taxi and delivering them to their destinations as quickly as possible. Reviews which Sega cites in its lawsuit bear out that Simpson's Road Rage is a very similar game to Crazy Taxi. However, as industry observers have pointed out, game companies including Sega have always borrowed ideas from other games to put in their own. Sources: Published Reports Post Comment You are not logged in. If you don't have a user account yet, by all means go make one! If you do have one, you can post as "yourself" by filling in your nickname and password below. Otherwise, your comment will be posted as Anonymous User. Create Account Nickname: Password: Post Comment: Post your comment below and then please answer the security question. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it does help deter spammers. -- Ed Foster Subject: Comment: To post your comment, please answer the following security question: Which of the following is one of the United States? Guava, Lemon, Grapefruit, Montana, Mercedes, Jeep HTML Formatted Plain Text Auto Format Allowed HTML: <A [HREF] [NAME]> <DT> <TT></TT> <OL></OL> <CITE></CITE> <CODE></CODE> <I></I> <UL></UL> <BR> <STRONG></STRONG> <BLOCKQUOTE [TYPE]></BLOCKQUOTE> <DD> <EM></EM> <P> <B></B> <LI> <DL></DL>

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