Steam Game Developer Wins ‘Patent Troll’ Trial Over Inventor (1)

Steam Game Developer Wins ‘Patent Troll’ Trial Over Inventor (1)

Valve Corp., the developer behind popular online gaming platform Steam, won its lawsuit against a prolific inventor and his affiliated entities, brought under a Washington state law meant to combat bad-faith patent assertion.

Valve Wins Lawsuit Against Patent Troll Leigh Rothschild

Valve has won a historic court victory against prolific patent troll Leigh Rothschild, as a US jury has completely come down on the side of Steam in a lawsuit that relies entirely on the anti-patent troll legislation of the state of Washington. In a verdict delivered in February, a federal jury in the Western District of Washington determined that Rothschild and his related entities violated the Washington Patent Troll Prevention Act and the sta…

Valve just scored a historic win against a prolific patent troll — and even got $152K out of it

Serial patent litigator Leigh Rothschild tried to sue Valve in 2022 despite an existing agreement, so Valve went on the offensive and just won its case. Setting a precedent for the patent troll industry.

Valve Wins Trial Against "Patent Troll" Inventor

A Washington jury has favored Valve in its lawsuit against the "patent troll" inventor Leigh Rothschild and a myriad of his associated companies for breaching a contract and violating a state patent protection law.According to reports by Bloomberg Law and PC Gamer, the US District Court for the Western District of Washington favored Valve on all counts as part of a lawsuit that dates back to July 2023. In a minute filed on February 17 and upload…

Valve wins lawsuit against Rothschild and associated entities, with a jury agreeing they violated an anti-patent troll protection act

The court also agreed that they had breached a global license agreement with Valve.