Robin Antonick, the original designer says EA utilized his code but didn’t pay him; EA denies this.
Proceedings in the court case between Electronic Arts and original Madden designer Robin Antonick began this week in San Francisco, with Bloomberg providing a report from inside the courtroom.
A lawyer for Antonick told a jury this week that EA continued to use his code to create later versions of Madden, but never paid him for his work.
"Electronic Arts told him one thing and did another," Antonick's lawyer Robert Carey said in opening arguments.
For its part, EA denies using Antonick's code, saying later Madden NFL games were built outside of the foundation Antonick originally created.
EA "never used anything of Robin Antonick's in any later games," company lawyer Susan Harriman said. "Mr. Antonick's lawsuit is too late."
The opening arguments came as part of the first phase of the case, which will determine if the statute of limitations passed and if Antonick is in fact owed any money for Madden games sold before 1996.
From gameguyz[b]