MTV Surprised at Konami’s Law Suite…

[Joystiq.com] has a number of articles dealing with this law suit, and had this to say:

 

Here at Joystiq, we weren’t too surprised when Konami decided to jump on the legal bandwagon by bringing a lawsuit against the makers of Rock Band for patent infringement. After all, the rhythm game has made roughly a gazillion dollars and has component parts that bear at least a passing resemblance to Konami games like Guitar Freaks and DrumMania (not to mention Karaoke Revolution, which Harmonix helped develop, and the upcoming Rock Revolution). That said, we’re not the ones being sued, so our relative shock at the suit doesn’t really matter. That said …
“Konami’s actions are extremely surprising,” an MTV Games spokesperson told MTV News regarding the suit. “Unfortunately, successful products such as Rock Band can often become targets for baseless litigation. We have substantial defenses to this claim and intend to vigorously defend it.”
The full interview includes more details about the lawsuit and information on the actual patents that Konami claims are being violated. Any budding legal eagles out there want to check them out and give an informed opinion on the merits of the suit?

 

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Makes me wonder why they are doing this now?  I mean really, the GH series has been round for a while.. why bring this suit now?

XBox 360 Price Cut Confirmed

 

Yeah, ok.. so like this is a little late.  But the [The Wall Street Journal] has confirmed a price cut to the Xbox 360 PRO model down to $299.    So now there’s no excuse if you don’t own one.