Way back in 2004, Peter Hochstein and Jeffrey Tenenbaum sued Microsoft and Sony over the Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles, making an intriguing claim: they had a patent for multiplayer gaming. Specifically, Hochstein and Tenenbaum claimed to have a patent for communication while gaming. Needless to say, the patent itself was ridiculously broad: A local video [...]
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