Sega Sues Level-5 For Patent Infringement Over Inazuma Eleven Game

Just when we thought things would be all nice and chipper for the holidays, someone goes and files a lawsuit. Isn't that always the way?

Level-5, the developers behind the Professor Layton games as well as the popular Inazuma Eleven series, is facing a lawsuit over in Japan.  Sega has filed a patent infringement suit against the company, stating that a certain mechanic put into its soccer-based Inazuma games is a little too close to Sega’s technology.  

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It mostly revolves around moving characters around with either fingers or a stylus, a feature that Sega believes they have innovated.

Sega is looking for the sales of Inazuma games to be halted (all eight releases – wondering why it never came out here, y’know?) and seeks 900 million yen ($11 million here) in damages.  The case has already heard opening statements, and Level-5 is combatting the charges.  “We are preparing our rebuttal and do not have any comments to make at this time,” said a company rep.

Here’s hoping that everything gets worked out for the better.  It is Christmas, after all…


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