Facebook, Twitter, eBay & Other Big Internet Companies Come Out Against SOPA
While Google has been pretty vocal about its complaints concerning PROTECT IP and SOPA, and Yahoo, LinkedIn and Zynga have expressed concerns elsewhere, the silence of large companies like Facebook,...
View ArticleThe Real 'Scandal' Over Zynga Stock Options Is Over Misleading Reporting
There were a bunch of reports last week about a so-called “scandal” at social gaming company Zynga, concerning reports that it demanded stock options back from employees or they would be fired. Zynga...
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Tiny Gamemaker Takes The Right Approach To Giant Zynga Copying Its Game: It...
It’s no secret at all that casual gaming giant Zynga has a dreadful reputation for copying the games of others, and then crushing them in the marketplace. What’s even more ridiculous is that Zynga also...
View ArticleSocial Gaming Patent Troll Goes After Facebook, Zynga For In-Game Purchases
Another day, another patent troll. Ars Technica reports that a shell company called Gametek LLC is suing a bunch of social gaming giants, including Facebook and Zynga. The patent? Patent #7,076,445: “A...
View ArticleThe Right Way To Deal With Copying: Be More Open
We recently covered the indy developer Nimblebit and their friendly-but-snarky response to Zynga copying the mechanics of one of their games. As I argued in the comments to that post, I think people...
View ArticleBack And Forth Cloning Battles With Zynga Continue With New EA Chapter
Our first introduction with Zynga was back in 2009 when the maker of Mob Wars sued Zynga over its Mafia Wars game. Zynga was accused of copyright infringement and ended up paying a pretty penny. Later...
View ArticleZynga Fires Back At EA With Claims Of Innocence And Accusations Of Wrongdoing...
We last left Zynga back in August with EA filing a lawsuit against the casual game company in which EA makes claims of copyright infringement. EA had accused Zynga of cloning its Sims Social game when...
View ArticleZynga Thinks You Might Confuse Having Casual Sex With Playing A Scrabble...
You may recall that Zynga was once a company that made social media games, occasionally by taking games other people had made and repackaging them. You likely also remember them for their Words With...
View ArticleZynga's Founder Asks Obama To Pardon Snowden
There was an earlier report in the Washington Post that one of the tech execs who met with President Obama on Tuesday had directly said that the President should issue a pardon for Ed Snowden —...
View ArticleCourt Trashes Patent Troll For Bogus Lawsuit Against Zynga; Awards Over $1...
The online gaming company Zynga is no stranger to patent lawsuits. Like basically any high-profile internet company, it’s been sued a bunch of times, usually by patent trolls who are holding broad,...
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