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Valve has filed suit against Activision Blizzard, claiming it has failed to cut a check for $2,391,932 in unpaid royalties.
An agreement was reached on April 6 regarding the original 2002 dispute, and while the above amount was less than what Valve felt was due, both parties agreed to the final figure and were bound by the arbitration process.
Here’s where it gets messy.
Activision claimed Valve had been overpaid $424,136 by the company over the years, and cut the firm a check for $1,967,796 instead of the amount agreed upon.
Valve claims that since the firm failed to bring this bit of information up to the arbitrator, the company is now in direct violation of the legal order and are taking Activison back to court.
Activision has refused to pay the extra amount and said that if brought back into court, it will countersue.
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freedoms_stain said:
Royalties in relation to what? Just out of interest.
The Benny said:
From the link:
“The original 2002 lawsuit was not against Activision, but instead targeted Sierra in a dispute over licensing Valve games to cyber-cafes. Sierra was owned by Vivendi, so when Activision merged with Vivendi in 2008 it inherited the Valve case in the deal.”
deftangel said:
This will be the Half Life 2 thing then…thought that had been sorted.
The Benny said:
It was. Valve apparently weren’t pleased with the final figure but accepted it because they’d agreed to the arbitration process, but then Activision decided they’d already overpaid Valve in the past so paid back less than the agreed amount.
As that means Activision are not complying with the arbitration terms Valve can sue them again.
lelik said:
fuck activision.
endgame said:
what lelik said