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Roller Coaster Litigation Ends

By Chris Bennett, Tudor Carsten, Michael R. Coburn, Sarah Dale-Harris, Pablo Guzman, Danielle (Dani) Lemon, Chris Metcalfe and David Spratley

In 2005 we reported that Roller Coaster Tycoon developer Chris Sawyer had sued Atari for US$5 million in respect of royalties he claimed Atari owed him. Sawyer also claimed that Atari breached a licensing agreement with him by failing to give him access to Atari's accounts between 1999 and 2001. Atari counter-claimed that Sawyer induced developer Frontier to breach its agreement with Atari, when Sawyer engaged Frontier to create a Roller Coaster Tycoon demo.

According to Developmag, the parties have now settled the lawsuit, not long before the case was scheduled to go before the UK High Court. The settlement comes shortly after Atari hired David Gardner as its new CEO. The terms of the settlement have not been released.

Coverage here.

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Full post as published by Video Game Law Blog on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).