A Tokyo District Court has ruled in favor of Gree in a case involving a social fishing game called Tsuri Star. DeNA will have to stop selling their game on the Mobage network and pay Gree $2.9 million in damages.
DeNA has already said they will appeal the ruling. The decision could be telling to the Japanese social gaming industry, since Klab is currently suing its competitor Crooz in a very similar case, Konami has sued Tokyo-based gloops for copyright infringement and GREE also sued DeNA in a separate case, saying that they pressure 3rd-party developers not to offer games on competing platforms to Mobage; DeNA reacted by counter-suing GREE earlier this month.
Source: serkantoto.com
