Level-5 Respond to Sega’s Lawsuit

<p>As we reported earlier this week&comma; Sega are attempting to sue Level-5 &lpar;The creators of Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven&rpar; over a patent they hold involving touch screen controls&period; Sega are seeking 900 Million Yen &lpar;£6&period;8 million&rpar; in damages and it has also been revealed that the company want the eight Inazuma Eleven games to be pulled from the market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Level-5 have released a press statement claiming&semi; <i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Inazuma Eleven does not violate Sega’s patents”<&sol;i>&period; The company then goes on to note that the first title in the Inazuma Eleven series was released in 2008 whilst Sega’s patent was not filed until 2009&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We’ll be sure to bring you more news as it breaks&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2012-12-12-level-5-responds-to-segas-lawsuit-over-inazuma-eleven">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;ecd3d07b-c9d3-4eeb-9d76-11159175284e" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;