Tencent has won after a court found leaker Xiaopang Commentary had infringed the IP rights of Peacekeeper Elite, the Chinese version of PUBG Mobile.
As reported by PocketGamer.biz, the defendant, Li Moumou, was found to have infringed the IP rights of Peacekeeper Elite by datamining and “reverse-engineering the game” to obtain and then leak unannounced content, which they used for financial gain.
The defendant has been ordered to apologize, cease and desist, and pay unknown compensation to the megacorp.
Ubisoft recently “accelerated its transformation” by developing a new operating model and subsidiary following a $1.25bn cash “injection” from Chinese megacorp Tencent.
In a bid to “rapidly” evolve its operating model, Ubisoft has created a subsidiary based on its Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six brands, arguably the developer/publisher’s tentpole franchises. Through a “formal and competitive process,” Ubisoft selected Tencent to invest a minority stake of €1.16bn ($1.25bn) to focus on expanding those games’ “truly evergreen and multiplatform ecosystems.”