Ubisoft, Sony, EA and Disney settle voice recognition lawsuit

04/29/2010 Ubisoft, Sony, EA and Disney settle voice recognition lawsuit

One year after a being sued for allegedly infringing on a voice recognition technology patent, publishers Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Disney Interactive Studios have decided to settle the matter out of court, according to Gamasutra.

On November 10, 2009 , Bareis Technologies, LLC filed a lawsuit claiming titles such as SOCOM, Tom Clancy's EndWar and NASCAR and Phonics Quest, infringed on a 1996 patent that outlined a process of speech recognition templates to be present on optical disks in order to access specific information and issue commands for control purposes. Originally, Bareis Technologies' patent was largely targeted towards accessing specific music tracks on audio CDs, making no mention of the concept being used to control game functions.

According to the report, the U.S. District Court 's Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division approved the motion applied to all defendants in the statement with a request for mutual dismissal on April 21, 2010. This, in turn, dismissed the counterclaims made in this process. Terms of the settlement are not revealed, although the court documents obtained by Gamasutra state all parties will pay their own legal fees.

Ubisoft, Sony, EA and Disney settle voice recognition lawsuit originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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