RazorSoft v. Sega
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| RazorSoft, Inc. v. Sega of America, Inc. |
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| Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California |
| Argued: 1991 |
| Decided: 1991-07-22[1][2][3] |
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RazorSoft, Inc. v. Sega of America, Inc. is a 1991 case in which RazorSoft sued Sega of America for the right to manufacture their own Sega Genesis cartridges (as opposed to purchasing them directly from Sega, as contractually-obliged).[4][5] Sega then countersued the following month in the case Sega v. RazorSoft.
History
In 1991, disagreements between RazorSoft and Sega over the cost and order size of Sega's proprietary Sega Mega Drive cartridges[4][5] led to Stormlord being released in a smaller run of self-manufactured cartridges (as opposed to purchasing them directly from Sega, as contractually-obliged.)[4][3] While the company still paid full royalties to Sega[4][5], their developer license was revoked in June 1991, and Sega refused to publish any of their future games. RazorSoft then sued for breach of the Sherman Antitrust Act on July 22, 1991.[1][2][3]
Results
Following the lawsuit, Sega of America counter-sued both RazorSoft and its development studio Punk Development the following month for copyright infringement and breach of contract, in the case Sega v. RazorSoft.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:PhoenixtheFallandRiseofVideoGames Book US 3rd.pdf, page 153
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 142
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Punk_Development
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Kevin_Seghetti (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-08 05:24)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2019/01/the-history-of-stormlord/