Electronic Arts Sues Zynga for Infringement Over ‘The Ville’
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Electronic Arts Inc., the second-largest U.S. video-game maker, sued Zynga Inc. claiming the company’s “The Ville” video game infringed copyrights for “The Sims Social,” an EA game that runs on social media site Facebook Inc.
Zynga’s “The Ville” copies original elements of “The Sims Social,” lawyers for Electronic Arts said in a complaint the company said was filed in federal court in San Francisco. The filing couldn’t immediately be confirmed from court records.