Posts tagged ruling

Australian government finally introduces R18+ bill, to go into effect next year

by Mike Schramm (Feb 16th 2012 1:00AM)

Australia's game rating woes are almost over. After years of debate and legal discussion about an R18+ rating for video games there (that would allow for the equivalent of the ESRB's M-rated games to be released without, you know, being illegal), the government has finally agreed to the new rating, ...

Florida court OKs Bully

by Kyle Orland (Oct 13th 2006 5:00PM)

Destructoid has the scoop straight from the Florida courthouse where Judge Ronald Friedman has just declared that he will not honor Jack Thompson's request to restrict sales of Bully in advance of the game's shipment next Tuesday. The ruling comes after the judge viewed a demonstration of various ...

Shocking DualShock case still not going Sony's way

by Dan Choi (Mar 13th 2006 8:27PM)

Sony's attempt to overturn the 2004 ruling on Immersion's haptic technology patents and receive a new trial was denied in court recently. The Wall Street Journal tells quite a tale concerning another force-feedback inventor, originally a paid consultant of Immersion, who allegedly received advance ...