"Musou" series partly infringes patents ordering compensation to sales company September 11 17:18
When the popular action game “Sengoku Musou” series set in the Sengoku period is infringing patents, the Intellectual Property High Court of the second trial admitted infringement of patents in a trial appealed by another game software company, We ordered the company we sell to pay over 140 million yen.
Part of a series such as “Sengoku Musou” sold by Koei Tecmo Games, a game software company, and “Shin Sangoku Musou” set in the Sangokushi, and if you purchase a sequel, you can purchase new weapons in the game. Capcom, a game software company, demanded compensation of approximately 980 million yen for infringement of its patents for features that can be used to obtain benefits.
According to the decision of the second trial on the 11th, President of the Intellectual Property High Court, Mr. Yasuhiko Tsuruoka, said, “Capcom's invention is not easy to do. In recognition of patent infringement of some software, Koei Tecmo Games was ordered compensation of over 140 million yen.
Yutaka Sakamoto, General Manager of Capcom's Legal Department, said at the conference that "the company's patent was approved and the content was generally satisfactory."
On the other hand, Koei Tecmo Games said that it was partly a win, and “It was a good judgment that it was judged that some software did not infringe the patent. However, the point was not accepted. "I'm sorry."