Sony sues Tencent over alleged plagiarism, accuses Light of Motiram of copying the Horizon series

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Details: Sony is asking the court to order Tencent to pay unspecified damages and to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement of its intellectual property. The case is being heard in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, under case number 3:25-cv-06275. The filing also accuses Tencent of copying the movement patterns and environmental interactions of the mechanical creatures. The case has been accepted by the US District Court in California. Regarding the 2006 lawsuit filed by NEXON, the court ultimately ruled that the claim was not valid, and Tencent won the case.