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`Worlds.com Sues NCSoft for Infringing Key Virtual Worlds Patent
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`December 31, 2008 10:11 AM Eastern Standard Time
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`SUFFERN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing
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`and enforcement firm, announced today that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against NCSoft Corp.
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`of Austin, TX on behalf of its client, Worlds.com, Inc. (Worlds).
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`The lawsuit (Case 6:08-cv-00508) was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District
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`of Texas, Tyler Division.
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`Worlds.com, Inc. (OTC BB: WDDD), of Brookline, MA, owns US Patent No. 7,181,690 titled “System
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`and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space” (the ‘690 Patent). The Patent relates to
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`computer architecture for a three-dimensional graphical multi-user interactive virtual world system.
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`Such systems are utilized in Massive Multi-Player Online Games (MMORPG) of the type known as
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`Graphical Multi-Dimension (GMUD) games, which provide a graphical representation of the player’s
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`character (avatar) wherein movement of the character in virtual space alters what the character views.
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`General Patent Corporation has represented Worlds.com, Inc. since 2002 as its exclusive licensing
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`agent.
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`“We had to protect our client’s intellectual property,” said Alexander Poltorak, GPC’s Chairman and
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`CEO. “However, we welcome a dialog with NCSoft and other MMO game vendors.”
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`NCSoft Corp., a game developer with US offices in Austin, TX, is the purveyor of such games as City
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`of Heroes, Guild Wars, Tabula Rasa, Lineage, and Lineage II, which have been identified in the
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`complaint as infringing the Worlds’ Patent.
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`“We intend to vigorously enforce Worlds’ intellectual property rights and look forward to a speedy and
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`amicable resolution of this matter,” said Stephen Roth of Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik
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`LLP, the lead counsel in the case.
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`“Worlds.com has been a pioneer in the field of Virtual Worlds since the early nineties,” stated Thom
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`Kidrin, Worlds’ CEO. “We are pleased to see that the technology we developed is now widely used by
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`MMO game developers. At the same time, we deserve a fair compensation for the use of our patented
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`technology.”
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`General Patent Corporation (GPC), headquartered in Suffern, NY, is a premier intellectual property
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`(IP) boutique focusing on patent licensing and enforcement, and IP strategy and valuation. GPC
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`represents clients in assertive licensing and enforcement matters on a contingency basis. GPC is the
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`oldest patent enforcement firm in the U.S. For more information on GPC, please visit
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`www.generalpatent.com.
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`ABOUT WORLDS.COM, INC.
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`Worlds.com, Inc. of Brookline, MA is a leader and pioneer in the development and delivery of 3D
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`content and technology on the internet. Founded in 1994, Worlds utilizes its patented 3D technology in
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`partnership with brand leaders in specific market segments to offer 3D multi-user environments that
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`have interactive Avatars, rich media graphics, text chat, voice-to-voice chat, video and e-commerce.
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`The 3D communities allow visitors to interact with each other, teleport throughout the Worlds
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`environment, as well as participate in shared experiences. Besides partnering with existing content
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`providers that have strong brands and an existing following, Worlds also encourages individuals to
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`create their own virtual spaces, communities and unique Avatars with easy-to-use tools. Worlds was,
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`and remains, true “social networking” well before the term became mainstream. For more information
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`on Worlds, please visit www.worlds.com.
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`FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
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`This release contains certain forward-looking statements and information relating to Worlds that are
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`based on the beliefs of Worlds' management, as well as assumptions made by and information
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`currently available to the Company. Such statements reflect the current views of the Company with
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`respect to future events including estimates and projections about its business based on certain
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`assumptions of its management, including those described in this Release. These statements are not
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`guarantees of future performance and involve risk and uncertainties that are difficult to predict,
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`including, among other factors, changes in demand for the Company's services and products, and
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`changes in technology. Additional risk factors are included in the Company’s public filings with the
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`SEC. Should one or more of these underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary
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`materially from those described herein as hoped, anticipated, believed, estimated, preparing or
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`expected. The Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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`RELEASE SUMMARY:
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`General Patent Corporation (GPC) today announced that it filed on behalf of its client, Worlds.com,
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`Inc., a patent infringement lawsuit against NCSoft Corp. of Austin, TX.
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`Online Role Playing Game, Graphical Multi-Dimension game, GMUD, virtual reality, patent assertion,
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`lawsuit, patent licensing, assertive licensing, patent litigation, patent license, patent licensing, licensing
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`rights, IP infringement, IPR enforcement, IP counsel, intellectual property counsel, General Patent,
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`General Patent Corporation, GPC, Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik, LDLKM, NCSoft
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