Valve Corp., which operates the popular online gaming platform Steam, advanced its claims that an inventor sued and threatened additional litigation over patents the company had already licensed.
Washington’s state Consumer Protection Act allows private suits to enforce violations of state laws including the Patent Troll Prevention Act, Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled in an order Wednesday denying summary judgment to inventor Leigh Rothschild and entities affiliated with him. In a separate order, the judge also granted Valve victory on one contract claim and kept alive its action to invalidate the patent asserted by Rothschild.
Valve sued Rothschild and several ...