August 1, 2011

‘Inventors’ Claim FarmVille And Other Zynga Games Infringe On Patent | TechCrunch

‘Inventors’ Claim FarmVille And Other Zynga Games Infringe On Patent | TechCrunch:
Zynga has been slapped with patent lawsuit from a Segan LLC, which alleges that the social gaming giant has infringed on a patent titled “System for Viewing Content Over A Network and Method Thenrfor.” You can access the complaint here.

According to the document, the technology was developed and patented by Marc Segan and Gene Lewin in 2006 for a system and method for viewing content over the Internet wherein a user accesses a service provider server to view a character icon provided by the service provider to a user interface device.

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