Epic Games is fighting with a cryptographic and Metaverse company called utherverse over patent liftenation filed a lawsuit in June 2021. Saying that Epic Games violated several of its patents related to people spending time in enormous, virtual worlds Fortnite A series of concerts-in particular the appropriate performances of Ariana Grande and Travis Scott. In January 2022, Epic Games made a mutual claim in which he says that he not only has it NO It violated Utherverse patents, but a few patents are invalid. Now both sides are aiming at the jury process, which will start on May 12, and the digital performances of Grande and Scott are in the heart of all this.
Both parties have been walking there for years and back in legal documents and meetings, narrowing the claim to one patent, which describes the technology used in “reproducing experience in the virtual world system”, in accordance with the original complaint. This may include enabling people to restore something that happened in the virtual world, for example a concert or wedding. For its part, Utherseverse is described as “the world’s best 3D social network”, in which virtual events and “activities” such as weddings take place. It has its own cryptocurrency, which is used in a virtual world.
In the lawsuit Epic Games argues that the performances of Grande and Scott were created before their concerts in FortniteSo these are not recording “previous experience that took place in a virtual environment”, for a document submitted on Monday.
Fortnite It has been more than a Battle Royale video game for years; This is a space for spending time. Concerts are part of this experience. Epic games burst Provided that Player Records in 2020, when Scott organized a concert in the game, for which 27 million people appeared. Grande titled the next huge one Fortnite The concert in 2021. Both events were huge, technical glasses for Fortnite Users to participate. Travis Scott’s performance He started with an explosion, which transformed into a greater than life of Scott as Fortnite Players – in all their colorful, unique glory – danced at his feet. Fortnite Players were transported to different locations as the concert continued – even heading under water to swim around Scott during the performance. Grande concert He took players into space and clouds to float around Grande in bubbles. Of course, there was also a lot of space to emoticly. The concerts have been restored several times in a few days.
. Fortnite A series of concerts – regardless of the contractor – was a huge success in the game, which is still developing outside thanks to live events. But these are Travis Scott and Ariana Grande concerts, which he calls on. Utherverse wants Epic Games to pay 15% of revenues he earned at two concerts. This information is not public, but forbes’ report from November 2020 he suggested that Scott earned $ 20 millionincluding the sale of goods, z Fortnite event.
The jury process for May 12 will be expected for four to five days. Polygon contacted both Utherverse and Epic games to comment.
