Sony dismisses Tencent’s defense as 'nonsense' in Horizon ripoff lawsuit

Sony referred to Tencent’s defense as nonsense in the ongoing lawsuit over Light of Motiram’s alleged ripoff of ￰0￱ previously fired back at Sony, saying Horizon is not that unique and that the PlayStation maker was seeking an impermissible monopoly on genre ￰1￱ Interactive Entertainment (SIE) submitted a new court filing, which accused Tencent of playing a shell game with its brands and subsidiaries to avoid ￰2￱ claimed that the Chinese company tried to protect defendants that it owns or controls from service of ￰3￱ PlayStation maker added that Tencent seeks to use jurisdiction to divert blame from the parent company, Tencent ￰4￱ Cryptopolitan previously reported that Sony sued Tencent for copyright infringement and trademark violation, accusing the Chinese tech giant of developing a knockoff of its Horizon video ￰5￱ claimed the similarities between Tencent’s Light of Motiram and its Horizon game are so specific that they can only result from intentional ￰6￱ says the damage is already done Sony filed a counterargument against Tencent, claiming that the damage had already been done and that it continues to this ￰7￱ added that the slavish cloning of Horizon was so blatant that fans loudly decried the obvious and pervasive ￰8￱ claimed that although the public expressed outrage and confusion after discovering that Light of Motiram is a knockoff, Tencent has remained ￰9￱ stated that the Chinese company has refused to accept responsibility for its actions, opting instead to play corporate ￰10￱ argues that Tencent Holdings is at the helm because it holds the ￰11￱ for Light of Motiram, owns the official ￰12￱ domain, and operates the Tencent Games ￰13￱ Chinese company also recognizes gaming revenue at the parent company level, further watering down its claim that the parent company is ￰14￱ 35-page court filing urged the court to reject Tencent’s attempt to dismiss the ￰15￱ insists Tencent’s argument that SIE’s case is not ripe does not hold up because the Chinese company has already released promotional videos, marketing materials, and screenshots ￰16￱ of Motiram’s promotional materials are still visible across the ￰17￱ platforms like YouTube, Steam, Discord, and Epic Games ￰18￱ console maker also noted in its lawsuit filing that games journalists and gamers have criticized Light of Motiram for ripping off ￰19￱ is asking for unspecified monetary damages and has requested an order blocking the Chinese company from violating its IP ￰20￱ says SIE’s claims are ￰21￱ its defense, the Chinese company said Sony’s claims in the Horizon lawsuit are startling and an attempt to fence off a well-trodden path in popular video games ￰22￱ argued that the Light of Motiram game uses time-honored genre tropes that cannot be ￰23￱ previously filed a motion to dismiss and pushed back hard, claiming Sony’s lawsuit was an ￰24￱ tech giant argued that SIE is not protecting unique creative work, but rather trying to monopolize entire storytelling conventions that other games have used for ￰25￱ added that Sony is trying to turn ubiquitous genre norms into proprietary ￰26￱ Chinese tech giant stated that SIE has been attempting to secure imagery and ideas used in video game development for ￰27￱ emphasized that Sony seeks to obtain exclusive rights to elements such as mechanical monsters, red-haired heroes, and ruined civilizations that appear in various titles, including Far Cry, The Legend of Zelda, Enslaved, Outer Wilds, and Biomutant, among ￰28￱ believes Sony’s effort is not aimed at fighting off piracy or a genuine threat to intellectual property.

Instead, the Chinese company claims SIE wants to declare parts of popular gaming culture its exclusive domain, unlike any similar fictional world that has been created ￰29￱ accuses Sony of conveniently leaving out key ￰30￱ smartest crypto minds already read our ￰31￱ in? Join them .