Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off Horizon with upcoming game Light of Motiram

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Machiavellian said:

BraLoD said:

The point here is that Tencent approached Sony to get the Horizon IP for the game, Sony declined, and they still went ahead with it.

Simply being a ripoff would hardly be reason enough for Sony to sue and win it, but Tencent actually wanted to be making it a Horizon game, and got cheeky after being told a "no".

That still not enough.  The game seems to have a lot of systems in it that are not in Horizon.  While the setting looks similar, its not unique enough to say that Sony can trademark it.  Tencent wanted the Horizon name so they can profit off of the name but the game itself doesn't look like it plays the same.  I just do not see enough there for Sony to win but maybe its neither Tencent or Sony want to win but hash out something in between.  

I dunno, it's pretty clear it was a Horizon game and after not getting the IP they changed barely anything to make it different.

Not saying Sony will win, but the direct request of the IP and refusal gave them confidence enough to sue.