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Konami is quite unhappy about the whole “Rock Band” affair with Harmonix and its allies over the patent violations done by Harmonix. Konami finally decided to take action and follow the legal recourse. Konami went to the court against Harmonix, MTV and their parent company, Viacom against breach of its patents. According to Konami, Harmonix’s game called Rock Band violated Konami’s patents. Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by MTV. Kanomi had filed patents for Rock Band in 2002 and 2003. Rock Band permits players to perform in virtual bands by  four  players with the ability to play three different peripherals like a guitar peripheral for lead guitar and bass guitar game play, a drum peripheral and a microphone.

Konami’s suit alleges that Harmonix be stopped from using Konami’s creation. Konami’ suit against Harmonix seeks monetary compensation for the losses it has suffered due the patent violations by Harmonix and its allies. Konami had presented the special game called Guitar Freaks to Japanese arcades almost 10 years ago. Guitar Freaks came into lime light for making use of a guitar controller. It became quite a success in Japan and was one of its games that made use of a guitar controller.

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