Lumberyard being displayed in the launcher I doubt is going to hold much weight to that question. Prominent display would be plastering it Open for the world to see.As a total law "noob" (something opposite of a lawyer I guess) I see that ruling is conditional on absence of "prominent display" of Lumberyard ads, and as such leaves a decent chance for Crytek to continue
Also the disclaimer in the launcher opening splash screen that says "Pre-launch credits non-contractual" helps tooLumberyard being displayed in the launcher I doubt is going to hold much weight to that question. Prominent display would be plastering it Open for the world to see.
Hail Mary it is. This has smacked of *SCO vs (Virtually everyone who even heard of Linux). That one had a few twists that were hilarious. The problem is, it can drag on for years. In both cases I'm almost 100% sure the idea was "We either win, or they try to buy us". That's the Hail Mary. Problem is, it's virtually always the pipe dream of a failing company.This is the curious part to me.
The hired Skadden to represent them, which is an extremely expensive and highly respected NY based law firm.
Either they had an existing retainer that they wanted to use up, or they were using fresh money to do this. If they went into this with fresh money, it was a hail mary play which just bombed badly.