Glu Mobile Says Rival of Its ‘Design Home’ Game Infringes Patent

Glu Mobile Inc., a developer of mobile games, said Reworks Oy’s “Redecor” infringes a patent covering Glu’s “Design Home” game.

• San Francisco-based Glu is seeking cash compensation and a court order blocking further unauthorized use of its invention, according to complaint filed Thursday in Waco, Texas
• Both games let players pretend to be interior designers and outfit 3D spaces on their mobile devices
• The patent is related to systems and methods for providing competitive scene-completion in the game, complaint says
• The founder of Helsinki, Finland-based Reworks said he targeted the growing interior-design-game space after noting that Glu Mobile ...