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    Intellectual Property infringement means any unauthorized use of protected works. The case study discusses Japanese company SesamWare and the infringement of its intellectual property rights related to its online multiplayer game ParaWorld. ParaWorld was designed using an open source methodology that allowed users to modify the game. However, over time users began misusing characters in the game, including portrayals of government officials and public figures, in violation of intellectual property rights. As a result of this infringement, ParaWorld was eventually ordered to cease operations and likely faced penalties.

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    Intellectual Property infringement means any unauthorized use of protected works. The case study discusses Japanese company SesamWare and the infringement of its intellectual property rights related to its online multiplayer game ParaWorld. ParaWorld was designed using an open source methodology that allowed users to modify the game. However, over time users began misusing characters in the game, including portrayals of government officials and public figures, in violation of intellectual property rights. As a result of this infringement, ParaWorld was eventually ordered to cease operations and likely faced penalties.

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    Intellectual Property infringement means any unauthorized use of protected works. The case study discusses Japanese company SesamWare and the infringement of its intellectual property rights related to its online multiplayer game ParaWorld. ParaWorld was designed using an open source methodology that allowed users to modify the game. However, over time users began misusing characters in the game, including portrayals of government officials and public figures, in violation of intellectual property rights. As a result of this infringement, ParaWorld was eventually ordered to cease operations and likely faced penalties.

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    Intellectual Property infringement means any unauthorized use of protected works. The case study discusses Japanese company SesamWare and the infringement of its intellectual property rights related to its online multiplayer game ParaWorld. ParaWorld was designed using an open source methodology that allowed users to modify the game. However, over time users began misusing characters in the game, including portrayals of government officials and public figures, in violation of intellectual property rights. As a result of this infringement, ParaWorld was eventually ordered to cease operations and likely faced penalties.

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    Intellectual Property infringement means any breach or violation of protected intellectual property

    rights. If any work by an author is protected under the Intellectual Property laws and that work is
    copied or used or exploited without the permission of the author in any manner then this would be a
    case of infringement. The given case study talks about a Japanese company named SesamWare and
    the infringement of its intellectual property rights. SesamWare gained an International approval with
    an online multiplayer fantasy dimension game called ParaWorld. Paraworld was designed using an
    open source methodology which allows its users to become co-developers. Any person could simply
    download the game after accepting the licensing agreement. Thereafter he/she had to choose a
    character and participate in the dynamism of Parallel World. The open nature of its development
    enabled its users to choose any character in the world. With all the attention given to their online
    characters and the actions and decisions made in their likeliness, government, policy makers and
    other famous people vouched for restrictions on the game under IT infringement laws. They were
    also presented with an international lawsuit for playing monopoly in the software market.

    1. Assume ParaWorld was eventually ordered to cease and desist due to IP infringement. What


    category of IP has ParaWorld most likely infringed? Explain the actions that constitute such
    an infringement.

    A registered Trademark protects the goodwill and reputation associated with a company or
    product as a brand. A trademark is a very important business asset and is also a recognizable
    form of Intellectual property. A trademark is anything by which the customers or users
    identify a product or service or its source. An owner of a trademark can take legal action if
    his/her intellectual property rights are infringed. If the infringement is proved the court can
    bar the user or the infringer from using the product and also award penalties at the same
    time whereby the company gets monetary relief. In the given case ParaWorld has most likely
    infringed Trademark owing to its open nature. If ParaWorld was ordered to cease and desist
    due to IP infringement, the category of IP most likely to be infringed would be Industrial
    Property. Industrial Property includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs
    and geographical indications. The main reason that constituted the Infringement in this case
    was the un-ethical behaviour of gamers. Due to the open nature of the game’s development,
    over the time the users of game began to misuse character version and their actions. The
    character versions in the game comprised of the government, policy makers and some
    famous people, which lead to infringement of IPR. As discussed earlier the consequences of
    infringement of IPR can be very severe and extend up to banning the infringer and levying
    heavy penalties on it. In the given case if it is proved that ParaWorld has infringed the IP
    rights then it can be permanently or temporarily banned from further operations and at the
    same time penalties can be levied on it.

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