Konami and Viacom Settle Patent Fight Over Music-Video Games
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Konami Corp. and Viacom Inc.’s Harmonix studio settled a patent dispute over music-video games including “Rock Band,” according to court filings.
Terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed. The companies said in a filing yesterday in federal court in Tyler, Texas, that they agreed to dismiss “all claims and counterclaims” in the suit, filed by Konami in 2008. Notice the companies agreed to drop a Viacom suit against Konami was filed today in federal court in Boston.