Viacom Countersues Konami
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February 13th, 2009
Fighting back with a vengeance, Harmonix owner Viacom is counter-suing Konami over Rock Revolution. Konami has long claimed that it holds the patents to rhythm games, having started the genre with Guitar Freaks and DrumMania games. The publisher sued Harmonix last year, claiming that Rock Band amounted to patent infringement.
Now, Viacom is fighting back in a countersuit, stating that Harmonix’s games are improvements over Konami’s original patent and that Rock Revolution has more in common with Rock Band than Konami’s past rhythm games.
Viacom is seeking damages and a motion to stop Konami from selling Rock Revolution.
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