Microsoft In Legal Battle Over Halo 2 Packaging

Gamespot is running an article about a legal battle regarding Halo 2's metal case. From the article: "The suit reportedly claims that G&M was contacted by Microsoft in 2003 and was looking for a company to produce metal packaging for the release of Halo 2. G&M claims that Microsoft sent its case proposals to Viva, a potential rival for the contract and not part of the NDA. According to reports, the Danish design firm alleges that its proprietary technology was used in a Viva case made for Halo 2 and that Microsoft and Viva are in cahoots. G&M is suing for damages and requesting an injunction against both Microsoft and Viva."

Comments

Re:Proprietary technology?

[slavemowgli]

Welcome to a world where literally everything is copyrighted...

Fun fact: did you know that buildings are copyrighted to the architects that designed them? There's actually a special exemption that allows you to publish pictures taken of buildings from public ground without contacting the architect first and getting permission. If this didn't exist, any picture taken where a building is visible in the background would be a copyright violation.

It's a crazy world.

Re:DOOM3 also came with a metal case.

[j0nb0y]

I have WoW:CE. It did not come in a tin box. It came in a very nice box, but it was not tin.