Hearthstone – Blizzard wins legal case against copycat game in China

While not many folks in the gaming industry have faith in China’s legal system when it comes to IP rights, they can be heartened to know that Blizzard Entertainment and publisher NetEase won a legal battle against a local developer…

Legend of Crouching Dragon – Parties failed to reach agreement

As reported earlier this year, Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase (Blizzard’s partner in China) filed a lawsuit against the developer of Legend of Crouching Dragon, on the basis that the game has infringed the intellectual property of  Hearthstone, a card game…

Legend of Crouching Dragon – Blizzard and Netease files court case

[Source] After being somewhat of a sensation in the Western world given the little time taken to “duplicate” Hearthstone, the developer of Chinese mobile game (no Legend of Crouching Dragon is now being sued by Blizzard Entertainment and its long…

Legend of Crouching Dragon – Hearthstone already cloned in China

You read it right, Blizzard’s Hearthstone has already been cloned in China, and the speed of this happening shouldn’t really be a surprise by now given how “skilled” the developers are over there. The full title roughly translates to “Legend…