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Messy Fallout

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

Interplay Entertainment Corporation ("Interplay") has reportedly obtained a ten day extension to answer a preliminary injunction filed by Bethesda Softworks LLC ("Bethesda") in a court battle involving its licensing agreement with Bethesda for the rights to Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and Fallout 5. According to Gamepolitics.com, Bethesda is contesting the fact that Interplay sold the original Fallout games after the release of Fallout 3, while Interplay claims that it retained the rights on the previous Fallout games when it contracted out the rights to the subsequent Fallout games to Bethesda. It is also reported that Interplay is countersuing Bethesda over statements that it allegedly made to third parties which were harmful to Interplay's business. According to the Raging Bull forum, Interplay is also claiming that Bethesda is in breach of the contract, thus making it null and void, and that said breach of contract means that Interplay owns the franchise again. Interplay allegedly is also arguing that instead of owing Bethesda royalties for the upcoming Fallout MMORPG, Bethesda should pay Interplay royalties for Fallout 3 and damages for the injury it has caused to Interplay's name. Further developments will surely follow upon expiry of the aforementioned ten day extension.<p> <p> Coverage at Gamepolitics.com<p>Bookmarks: <a href="http://del.icio.us/login/?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/23/Messy-Fallout&title=Messy+Fallout" >Delicious</a>, <a href="http://digg.com/tools/digthis.php?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/23/Messy-Fallout" >Digg </a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/23/Messy-Fallout">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&bkmk=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/23/Messy-Fallout&title=Messy+Fallout" >Google</a>, <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/23/Messy-Fallout&title=Messy+Fallout">Reddit</a>, <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/23/Messy-Fallout&title=Messy+Fallout">StumbleUpon</a>, <a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/23/Messy-Fallout&=Messy+Fallout" >Yahoo</a>

Full post as published by Video Game Law Blog on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).