Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s Supercell gaming unit was told to pay $92.2 million in damages to Japan’s Gree Inc. in a patent trial over features used in popular online games.
Supercell games infringed six patents, a federal jury in Marshall, Texas, found Friday. The verdict follows an $8.5 million win for Gree against Supercell in another patent trial held in September. A third trial between the two is scheduled for later this year.
The dispute is over features in “freemium” games, a portmanteau of “free” and “premium,” that are free to download but make money by letting users buy virtual ...
