Worlds.com filed a suit against NCsoft for patent infringement this Christmas Eve. Reported by Virtual Worlds News, The patent was filed in 2000 and granted at 2007. The patent is described as :
provides a highly scalable architecture for a three-dimensional graphical, multi-user, interactive virtual world system" that uses a "central server" to compute the positional data that allows avatars to interact with each other as well as the environment.
The report stated the suit was filed because:
Specifically, the suit claims that NCsoft has infringed on patent 7,181,690, "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space" through its games, including City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II, and Tabula Rasa.
The complaint seeks to recover damages for the infringement and asks that NCsoft be prevented from infringing on patent 690, which covers scaling.
By the looks of it, Worlds.com are just trying their luck out with NCsoft and is avoiding the 80 pound gorilla in the genre.
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