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	<title>Virtual Law</title>
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	<description>Sean F. Kane virtual law blog</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>RockYou Rocked by Class Action Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Video Game Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
	<category>Social Networks</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month RockYou was hit by a breach of user security flowing from a hack which exposed more than 30 million RockYou account user passwords and other information.  Now this month a class action lawsuit has been filed by one of RockYou’s subscribers over the security breach. The suit, filed in federal district court, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korea Allows the Trading of &#8220;Cyber Money&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Virtual Cyber laundering</category>
	<category>Video Game Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Property</category>
	<category>Lawsuits</category>
	<category>Crime</category>
	<category>Gambling</category>
	<category>Government</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of South Korea made a landmark ruling last week to allow the “virtual currency” or “cyber money&#8221; used in online games to be exchanged for real world cash.  This appears to be the first such ruling in South Korea and will likely open new areas for the booming Korean online game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Space Station Sells For more than $300,000</title>
		<link>http://www.virtualjudgment.com/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=26&p=29</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Virtual Real Estate</category>
	<category>Video Game Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Property</category>
	<category>User Generated Content</category>
	<category>Intellectual Property</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[MindArk, the creators of Entropia Universe, recently announced that the Planet Calypso Crystal Palace virtual space station sold at auction for approximately $330,000.  The winning bidder was a player who goes by the name Buzz Eric Lightyear.  In the two week auction, Lightyear narrowly outbid other players willing to pay over $300,000 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taser Stuns Linden Lab with Trademark Infringement Suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Video Game Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
	<category>User Generated Content</category>
	<category>Lawsuits</category>
	<category>Intellectual Property</category>
	<category>DMCA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 17, 2009 Taser International Inc. (“Taser”) filed a lawsuit against Linden Research Inc. and others containing various claims including trademark-infringement, trade dress infringement, trademark dilution, design patent infringement, unfair competition and RICO violations involving unauthorized sales of virtual versions of Taser’s electric stun guns in Second Life.  The suit is entitled Taser [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worlds.com is “Absolutely” Going to File More Suits</title>
		<link>http://www.virtualjudgment.com/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=26&p=25</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
	<category>Lawsuits</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worlds.com CEO Thom Kidrin has recently made it know that, depending on the success of his current suit against NCsoft, his company intends to sue other companies who refuse to enter into licensing negotiations.  The current NCsoft suit is venued in East Texas which is notorious for plaintiff-friendly rulings in patent cases.
Moreover, Mr. Kidrin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midway Games Inc. Files For Chapter 11 Reorganization</title>
		<link>http://www.virtualjudgment.com/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=26&p=24</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Video Game Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Midway Games Inc. announced last week that the company and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Only two months ago, Mark Thomas is reported to have spent $100,000 in cash and $70 million in debt to buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Article One Partners Puts Out a Bounty on Worlds.com Patent</title>
		<link>http://www.virtualjudgment.com/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=26&p=23</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
	<category>Lawsuits</category>
	<category>Intellectual Property</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to the recent announcement by Worlds.com of  their intention to enforce their patent for a &#8220;system  and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space&#8221; and the  subsequent suit brought by Worlds.com alleging that games published by NCsoft  infringe on that patent, Article One Partners has called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Urged to Clarify Position on Taxation of Virtual Property</title>
		<link>http://www.virtualjudgment.com/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=26&p=22</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>RMT/RCE</category>
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The possibility of the U.S. government taxing virtual property amassed by users in online worlds like Second Life and World of Warcraft is by no means new.  That having been said, Congress may be taking another look at the subject of taxing in-world gains based on the recent recommendation of the United States Taxpayer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worlds.com Files First Patent Infringement Suit Against NCsoft</title>
		<link>http://www.virtualjudgment.com/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=26&p=21</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Video Game Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
	<category>Lawsuits</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 24, 2008,  Worlds.com filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, entitled Worlds.com Inc. v. NCsoft Corp, Civil Action No. 6:08-cv-508. In the four page bare bones complaint filed against NCsoft, Worlds.com alleges that the games City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Worlds.com Hold the Patent for the Virtual World?</title>
		<link>http://www.virtualjudgment.com/index.php?option=com_mojo&Itemid=26&p=20</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Video Game Law</category>
	<category>Virtual Law</category>
	<category>Lawsuits</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today General Patent Corporation, a Suffern, New York based Intellectual Property licensing and enforcement firm, announced that it has retained the Westfield, New Jersey law firm of Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz &#038; Mentlik LLP to work on behalf of Worlds.com, Inc. in regards to enforcing Worlds.com’s patent portfolio. 
According to statements by Alexander Poltorak, [...]]]></description>
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