Taking a look back at the previous year of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) always affords an interesting view of the state of technologies being developed around the ...

As technology continues to evolve, so do the methods that Roblox creators can use to animate and improve their games. Players will soon be able to experience what these technological innovations can ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Ubisoft et al. violate two patents on "Animating Lip Synchronization and Facial Expression of Animated Characters," McRO dba Planet Blue claims in five federal lawsuits. Sign up ...

Ever since Jonathan first laid his eyes on level 1-1 in Super Mario Bros., he has been hooked on all things video games. A self-proclaimed Nintendo nerd, Jonathan has owned every single Nintendo ...

One of the key indicators of how highly anticipated a video game title is can be found in the most mundane of details that are brought to light. For those waiting for Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Dreamworks Animation, Sony Pictures et al. violate a patent on a "User Interface Having Movable Sheet with Click-Through Tools," Eopus Innovations claims in four federal lawsuits.

Apple has been granted a patent (number 11,348,299) for “online modeling for real-time facial animation.” It involves the company’s and Animoji and Memoji. Animojis allow a user to choose an avatar (e ...

The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of patent claims directed to changing the position of components in an image to create the appearance of movement, i.e., animation. The ...

A long-running software patent validity dispute, involving some of the world’s biggest video game makers, has taken another twist at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

EXCLUSIVE: Film critics have hailed the animation in Sony‘s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as unique, innovative and undeniably inventive. Now the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office will judge whether ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a patent on 3D animation technology, whose previous cancellation by a lower court judge had prompted some software makers to warn that the decision put their ...