The developers of Guitar Hero Harmonix, over the guitar patent Gibson hold. Is a vurtual likeness of a patented physical item, infringement? In this article, Dale Dietrich explains the details of the suit and the response by Harmonix.

Gibson Guitars Sues Video Game over Guitar Patent

After “good faith efforts to enter into a patent license agreement”, and subsequent yesterday’s filing of law suits against Activision’s Guitar Hero retailers, Gibson has filed another patent infringement suit against MTV, EA & Harmonix in the Federal District Court in Tennessee. Gibson owns patent no. 5,990,405.
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