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MTV calls 'Rock Band' lawsuit "baseless"

On Friday, Konami announced that it had begun a lawsuit against MTV, Viacom and Harmonix over alleged patent infringement have to do with the blockbuster game Rock Band.

Konami claims that Rock Band infringes on patents pertaining to "musical-rhythm matching game."



"Konami's actions are extremely surprising," an MTV spokesperson said.

"Unfortunately, successful products such as Rock Band can often become targets for baseless litigation. We have substantial defenses to this claim and intend to vigorously defend it."

Konami is currently working on a new "musical-rhythm matching game" dubbed Rock Revolution and is seeking to have an injunction placed on the instruments sold along with Rock Band.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 14 Jul 2008 13:20

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• Vanilla66

  HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA,
  konami got screwed again.

  14.7.2008 13:22 #1

• squidge37

  up up down down left right left right B A start

  14.7.2008 15:21 #2

• geestar20

  [NUKE] [ up up down down left right left right B A start ][ wrong code ] lol
  
  *Proper*
  
  up up down down left right left right B A B A start

  14.7.2008 18:22 #3

• 7thsinger

  ^ Ha! I remembered it too!

  14.7.2008 23:33 #4

• lawndog

  ha ha but nobodies named the game..............Contra
  sad that I still know that

  15.7.2008 01:52 #5

• bdoggie08

  (down) Is that the Rock Band sequel? Haven't heard of "Frets on Fire" What is that?

  15.7.2008 11:06 #6

• JaguarGod

  I think squide37 got it right. Pretty sure the "B A" is only inputed once. Don't feel like confirming it though... NES is in storage along with games...
  
  BTW, will the rock band stuff work with Frets on Fire?

  15.7.2008 15:05 #7

• 7thsinger

  Originally posted by lawndog: ha ha but nobodies named the game..............Contra
  sad that I still know thatI thought that was understood? :)
  

  
  
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  15.7.2008 16:16 #8

• emugamer

  Originally posted by JaguarGod: I think squide37 got it right. Pretty sure the "B A" is only inputed once. Don't feel like confirming it though... NES is in storage along with games...
  
  BTW, will the rock band stuff work with Frets on Fire?Yeah, it's only 1 set of B A. I would bet the mortgage on that :P

  15.7.2008 17:07 #9

• DoomLight

  back in the day when video games only had 4 buttons. and thats if u even counted select and start.

  15.7.2008 20:59 #10

• loubat

  Quote:Originally posted by JaguarGod: I think squide37 got it right. Pretty sure the "B A" is only inputed once. Don't feel like confirming it though... NES is in storage along with games...
  
  BTW, will the rock band stuff work with Frets on Fire?Yeah, it's only 1 set of B A. I would bet the mortgage on that :P
  Well the Contra code was "B A B A Start." Other Konami games (I remember a TMNT game for example) had variations of the code, including some that only had one set of "B A". :)
  
  Edit: Interestingly, I just fired up an emulator and both versions work. Weird. *shrugs* Guess I've been cramming those 2 extra button mashes in all these years for nothing! :D

  21.7.2008 23:27 #11

• JaguarGod

  Hey thanks for confirming!! I was too lazy to do so myself :P

  23.7.2008 22:17 #12

• 7thsinger

  Quote:Edit: Interestingly, I just fired up an emulator and both versions work. Weird. *shrugs* Guess I've been cramming those 2 extra button mashes in all these years for nothing! :DLol.
  
  Good to know i can skip a couple button mashes. :)
  

  
  
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  23.7.2008 22:20 #13