Sony sues Tencent over Light of Motiram (1 Viewer)

[Matthew]

As if Tencent couldn't stoop any lower....

Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off 'Horizon' video games

Sony Interactive has sued Tencent for copyright and trademark infringement in California federal court, accusing the Chinese tech conglomerate of ripping off its popular "Horizon" series of adventure video games.

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July 28 (Reuters) - Sony Interactive (6758.T) has sued Tencent (0700.HK) for copyright and trademark infringement in California federal court, accusing the Chinese tech conglomerate of ripping off its popular "Horizon" series of adventure video games.

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Sony said in a lawsuit filed on Friday that Tencent's upcoming "Light of Motiram" is a "slavish clone" of its games that copies several distinctive "Horizon" elements and threatens to confuse buyers.

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Spokespeople for Tencent and attorneys and spokespeople for Sony did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday.

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Sony said in its complaint that it declined an offer from Tencent to collaborate on a new "Horizon" game last year. Tencent later announced "Light of Motiram," which Sony said features identical gameplay, story themes and artistic elements to "Horizon" as well as many other similarities.

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Looks like Tencent approached Sony regarding a Horizon collaboration and Sony declined.



Looks pretty blatant to me, but I don't think this lawsuit will go anywhere unfortunately.