Ryuu96 on 28 June 2023
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Microsoft lead counsel Beth Wilkinson started the direct examination of Bobby Kotick. He starts with an anecdote: his company's history started in this very building where they also have a United States Bankruptcy Court, and they acquired Activision's trademark etc. here.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 28, 2023
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Sony one of the great pioneering companies in electronics, Bobby Kotick acknowledges.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 28, 2023
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Now CoD history, competing with an EA product.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) June 28, 2023
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Says EA's Medal of Honor started COD.
— Michael Acton (@MActon93) June 28, 2023
"People at Activision were playing it" and thought it was a great idea. Think about military conflicts throughout history – "you would never really run out of ideas if you used that as a construct."
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