Riot Games Again Sues Moonton About Copyright
Rancakmedia.com – As we know Riot Games is suing Moonton again, as the owner of the League of Legends game franchise which includes a mobile version, suing Shanghai Moonton to court alleging copyright and theft of some of the elements it made.
Reporting from Polygon, Riot again accused Moonton and its flagship game, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, of "copying" Wild Rift. RIot Games have reported their accusations to the district court in California which reads
“want to stop Moonton from knowingly and continuously freeloading Riot Games' valuable [intellectual] ownership rights in the mobile video game League of Legends: Wild Rift and related content.”
Riot Games' demands include details of Moonton's "copying" or plagiarism, starting from in-game assets, promotional materials, to eSports.
One of the striking details is the background music used in the “All Star 2022 Myanmar Call Out Video” from Mobile Legends which sounds very similar to “Welcome to Planet Url“, the official soundtrack of League of Legends in Ultra Rapid Fire mode.
Evidence that Riot Games is suing Moonton again
Comparisons between trailers, creatives, poster designs, and in-game skins are also included in the document.
Riot Games' current lawsuit against Moonton can be viewed in its entirety at this link.
This is not the first time Riot Games has sued Moonton legally. Previously, in 2017, Riot Games also accused MLBB, which was still called Mobile Legends, as a game that plagiarized League of Legends (PC).
The United States court advised Riot to sue Moonton in Chinese court and in the end, Riot won the case.
Even so Moonton did not give up. Although Mobile Legends was withdrawn from Google Play due to Riot Games' victory in the Chinese court, this game was later re-released by Moonton under the name Mobile Legends: Bang Bang to date.
Conclusion
Riot Games' demands include details of Moonton's "copying" or plagiarism, starting from in-game assets, promotional materials, to eSports.
That's the article about Riot Games again suing Moonton for copyright, I hope the article above can be useful and helpful for all of you.
