Tama - With regards to Zynga, they are known for two things:
1 - Blatantly ripping off other people's games and then taking legal action (sometimes successfully!) against said games' developers, sometimes by way of ...
2- The practice of what has come to be called "Patent Trolling." -- Long story short, they start by creating (read: usually ripping off) another game, finding and purchasing a pre-existing patent that could apply to said game if it were interpreted broadly enough, and then suing the pants off of the makers of said game for "violating Zynga's patent."
We can't go into specific Patent Law cases here, nor talk about the ethics involved in this, as that could easily veer Fratchward -- tho feel free to talk about it You-Know-Where A quick Googling of the term and Zynga's name should tell you all you never wanted to know and more.
1 - Blatantly ripping off other people's games and then taking legal action (sometimes successfully!) against said games' developers, sometimes by way of ...
2- The practice of what has come to be called "Patent Trolling." -- Long story short, they start by creating (read: usually ripping off) another game, finding and purchasing a pre-existing patent that could apply to said game if it were interpreted broadly enough, and then suing the pants off of the makers of said game for "violating Zynga's patent."
We can't go into specific Patent Law cases here, nor talk about the ethics involved in this, as that could easily veer Fratchward -- tho feel free to talk about it You-Know-Where A quick Googling of the term and Zynga's name should tell you all you never wanted to know and more.
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