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HardOCP Sues Infinium Over Legal Threats

Posted by simoniker on from the fun-fun-fun dept.

Cebu writes "According to GameSpot, in a less than surprising move, Kyle Bennett of tech website HardOCP has decided to file a lawsuit against Infinium Labs, makers of the forthcoming Phantom PC-based 'console'. On February 27, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division under the Declaratory Judgment Act to force the issue of Infinium Labs' repeated legal threats against HardOCP for an allegedly defamatory article written last year."

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  1. Is it just me? by paulschroeder · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...or does anyone else think of the organization from Robocop when they read "HardOCP?

  2. This just in... by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Word has it that the Infinium console is going to be bundled with Duke Nukem Forever.

  3. Re:Lawyer Central? by gatesh8r · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot has now become... Grokdot! (er... well we could make it Slashlaw, but...)

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    Karma whorin' since 1999
  4. Re:Penny-Arcade by blackeye · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another poke from PA today. With posting comics every other day, they're falling behind!

  5. What, they found them? by cryptor3 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Documents were served to Infinium Labs representatives in Florida yesterday.

    Wait, they found an address and someone to serve the papers to? Looks like Infinium Labs is making progress...

  6. Infinium is real, thier forums prove it... by DangerSteel · · Score: 5, Funny
    I was on the Infinium/Phantom forums last week checking out what people were saying about HardOCP and what kind of games they hope come out and how they can't wait to order thier unit online starting March 31st. I tried to go to the forums today to see what new they had to say about the HardOCP lawsuit. And guess what?

    Thier forums are "down for maintenance" I guess that makes sense, they must need the hard drive in that server for the Phantom unit they will demo at E3 coming up. Well I sure hope after E3 they put the forum drive back in thier server !

  7. Re:Lawyer Central? by krusadr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh come on, this is SPORTS for geeks.

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    while sco {
    wget -O /dev/null http://www.sco.com?sco=litigious%20bastards
    }
  8. Re:Lawyer Central? by paradesign · · Score: 5, Funny
    Id appreciate you not degrading the race of elves like this. You can expect to hear from our lawyers.

    Respectfully,
    Legolas.

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    I want 2D games back.
  9. Re:Lawyer Central? by orthogonal · · Score: 5, Funny
    Before I figured out that IANAL stood for "I Am Not A Layer", the whole "I anal" thing at the start of all those posts had me very confused.

    You write "confused", but perceptive readers know you mean "intrigued" or "curious".

    :)

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    Opinions on the Twiddler2 hand-held keyboard?
  10. Re:Lawyer Central? by pyrrhonist · · Score: 5, Funny
    What does law conjure up that is sexual?

    Ask and you shall receive...

    Top Ten Things That Sound Dirty In Law But Aren't:

    10. Have you looked through her briefs?
    9. He is one hard judge!
    8. Counselor, let's do it in chambers.
    7. His attorney withdrew at the last minute.
    6. Is it a penal offense?
    5. Better leave the handcuffs on.
    4. For $200 an hour, she better be good!
    3. Can you get him to drop his suit?
    2. The judge gave her the stiffest one he could.

    And the number 1 thing that sounds dirty in law but isn't:

    1. Think you can get me off?

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    Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.