Google was sued. The authorities of Washington and 36 US states accused the corporation of monopolizing Google Play. They are concerned that Google allegedly does not allow other stores on Android and pays competitors not to make their own app stores.

China’s Tencent is suing DD373.com — a platform for trading in-game items. The corporation claims that all virtual content in games (resources, weapons, skins, etc.) belong exclusively to it. Even if gamers spend real money on it. The giant’s statement immediately caused a lot of indignation among the players.

Finnish Rovio accuses Wildberries of copyright infringement due to the sale of various products featuring Angry Birds. The company wants to collect compensation in the amount of 60 thousand rubles. However, the marketplace claims that it is necessary to sue not with the site, but with the sellers.The claim to the Moscow City Court was filed by Rovio on April 23, the Kommersant newspaper reports.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to introduce a special court for IT companies, which can be launched by 2024. We are talking about the consideration of criminal cases under economic articles. The agency is also considering the introduction of a moratorium on inspections, which, according to officials, will help companies “feel protected.”This was stated by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev at a meeting of the Federation Council for the Development of the…

Another trial at Activision. This time the company went to court after it was accused of violating the trademark “Warzone”. The fact is that at the end of 2017, indie developer Randy Ficker launched a browser game Warzone.com — almost three years before the release of Call of Duty: Warzone. According to Ficker, the trademark rights should belong to him.

Wargaming still fails to advance in litigation with indie studio Press Fire Games (formerly known as BlitzTeam). Now the lawsuit against the former employees of the corporation was rejected by the District Court of California.

CD Projekt is preparing for trial with disgruntled investors. The studio said that it has faced at least one lawsuit and is now going to take the most “decisive” actions to protect itself.

CD Projekt management has new problems. One of the Polish investors offered to sue the company. He accused the studio of criminally misrepresenting information about Cyberpunk 2077.

Semenov&Pevzner Law Firm has prepared a large-scale report on the largest legal conflicts in the gaming industry over the past six months.

Epic Games has a new ally in the fight against Apple. Facebook has sided with Fortnite developers, which has been dealing with the Apple company for several months.

The Wargaming case against Blitz Team continues to evolve. The Belarusian court sided with the former employees of the company, who were accused of violating intellectual property and unfair competition, and denied the claim for $ 1.69 million.What happened?

The confrontation between Epic Games and Apple is getting bigger. This time, the owners of Fortnite appealed to the Federal Court of Australia. The reason is the same — Apple’s monopolistic behavior and violation of the rights of consumers (already Australian).

Apple will not receive compensation and fines from Epic Games. A federal judge found the claims of an American corporation groundless.

The publisher of Ragnarok Game continues to sue the former developers of Rune II. Now ZeniMax and Bethesda have been included in the $100 million lawsuit as defendants, accusing the companies of collusion, breach of contract and sabotage.Brief chronology of the conflict

The creators of the Dragonlance universe sued Wizards of the Coast, which suddenly canceled the release of their several new books. The authors want to recover over $10 million from the company and believe that the termination of the contract is connected with racist scandals around the publisher.Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weiss, 2008

The US government is still unable to make progress in blocking WeChat. The magistrate’s court ruled that the actions of the authorities would be a direct violation of freedom of speech, and therefore the messenger will continue to work in the United States.Judge Laurel Beeler responded to the Trump administration’s motion to lift the preliminary ban on blocking WeChat.

Voodoo has won in court over competitors from Rollic, which are owned by Zynga. The French publisher accused the company of plagiarism and now hopes that this case will set a precedent in the field of hyper-casual games.Voodoo sued after Hero Games studio released an update for the Wood Shop game (Rollic is the publisher).

Japanese mobile game developer GREE has won a court case against the Finnish giant Supercell. The creators of Clash Royale were found guilty of violating several patents and ordered to pay $8.5 million.Court verdict