Zynga Wins Lawsuit Against Vostu, Forces Takedown of Multiple Games

August 5, 2011

Zynga has won the first round in its legal battle against Brazilian publisher Vostu. A Judge has ordered a preliminary injunction against Vostu, who has been ordered to remove its games (MegaCity, Café Mania, Pet Mania and Vostu Poker) from Google’s Ortuk social network and Facebook. within 48 hours. For every day the company keeps those games up after the 48 hour period, it will be fined 20,000 Brazilian Reals, or $11,000.

Zynga had accused Vostu of "blatant copyright infringement," and sought the removal of the offending titles from Vostu’s catalog. The judge agreed. Meanwhile, Vostu promised that it would appeal the ruling.

We'll have more on this story as it develops.

Source: Industry Gamers

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Re: Zynga Wins Lawsuit Against Vostu, Forces Takedown of ...

Submitted by Craig R. on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 18:48.

Zynga accusing somebody else of copyright infringement? Will wonders never cease.

Re: Zynga Wins Lawsuit Against Vostu, Forces Takedown of ...

Submitted by E. Zachary Knight on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 21:45.

Technically they didn't win the lawsuit. They won a preliminary injunction against them.

E. Zachary Knight
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Re: Zynga Wins Lawsuit Against Vostu, Forces Takedown of ...

Submitted by DorthLous on Sat, 08/06/2011 - 20:17.

Pfff, don't let facts detract from a good editorial!

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