Settlement in Marvel vs. NCSoft Lawsuit

GrnArmadillo writes "The official City of Heroes site is reporting that Marvel's lawsuit over the CoH character generator has been settled. It looks like CoH essentially won, though it's unclear what price, if any, they're paying for the victory. The key portion of the brief press release: 'The parties' settlement allows them all to continue to develop and sell exciting and innovative products, but does not reduce the players' ability to express their creativity in making and playing original and exciting characters ... While the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, all parties agree that this case was never about monetary issues and that the fans of their respective products and characters are the winners in this settlement.'" Commentary is available on Gamespot. Glad this is over. This has been pending almost as long as I've worked here.

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[torchdragon]

Fact check please. A: Cryptic Studios is the developer of City of Heroes and was the direct target of the lawsuit.
B: Cryptic is based in Los Gatos, California
B: NCSoft is NOT an American company. Their headquarters is Seoul, South Korea. NCSoft Austin is the North American branch. NCSoft Austin is based in Austin, Texas.
C: NCSoft does not own Cryptic. NCSoft is the publisher for City of Heroes/Villains.
D: It is not simply competition. Litigating another company simply because you have a bigger wallet and can drag a court proceding out long enough to bankrupt a competetor is a hostile business tactic and is/used to be illegal.