GlobeNewswire: Worlds Inc. Contains the last 10 of 69 releaseshttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=42024-03-29T08:19:12ZGlobeNewswirehttp://www.globenewswire.com/External?Length=4newsdesk@globenewswire.com (NewsDesk)https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/03/20/2849418/0/en/Jordan-Freeman-Joins-Worlds-Inc-Board-of-Directors.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564Jordan Freeman Joins Worlds Inc. Board of Directors2024-03-20T13:02:00Z<![CDATA[Boston MA, March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worlds Inc. (OTCPK: WDDD) today announced that Jordan Freeman has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Freeman has a distinguished career in the video game industry and related licensing of intellectual property (IP). He developed the ZOOM Platform for gaming (not related to Zoom video conferencing platform) which has ported classic PC and console games, including Duke Nukem, Commandos and Aliens Vs. Predator to modern platforms making classic video games accessible to a new market of gamers. ZOOM Platform has digital distribution rights to over 1,100 titles. Most recently, ZOOM Platform resurrected FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage on Valve’s Steam, which currently stands at a 91% positive rating.]]>Jordan Freeman, developer of Zoom Platform for gaming and president of Wanderful Interactive, joins Worlds Inc.’s Board of Directors, bringing unique expertise in transitioning classic video games to new user markets, free of legacy consoles.Worlds Inchttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/10/05/2528604/0/en/U-S-Supreme-Court-Denies-Worlds-Petition-for-Writ-of-Certiorari-as-Solicitor-General-Urges-SCOTUS-to-Clarify-Patent-Eligibility.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564U.S. Supreme Court Denies Worlds’ Petition for Writ of Certiorari as Solicitor General Urges SCOTUS to Clarify Patent Eligibility2022-10-05T12:00:00Z<![CDATA[Boston, MA, Oct. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD) has been notified that the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) has denied its Petition for a writ of certiorari requesting that the SCOTUS review the March 10, 2022 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the adverse District Court decision from April 30, 2021. Those decisions ruled in favor of defendants Activision Blizzard Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., and Activision Publishing, Inc., and concluded that the patents asserted by Worlds were invalid as directed to abstract concepts. Worlds’ request to have the SCOTUS accept its case as a companion case to the American Axle & Manufacturing v. Neapco Holding petition for writ of certiorari and to clarify the test applied by courts when deciding questions of patent eligibility were also denied, as was American Axle’s request. However, there is a glimmer of hope on the patent front in that on October 4, one day after the Supreme Court rejected Worlds’ request, the U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar recommended that the SCOTUS clarify how to determine whether or not an invention is worthy of patent protection.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/06/09/2459648/0/en/Worlds-Files-Petition-for-Writ-of-Certiorari-With-U-S-Supreme-Court.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564Worlds Files Petition for Writ of Certiorari With U.S. Supreme Court2022-06-09T12:00:00Z<![CDATA[Boston, MA, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yesterday, Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD) filed a Petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court, requesting that the Supreme Court review the March 10, 2022 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the adverse District Court decision from April 30, 2021. Those decisions ruled in favor of defendants Activision Blizzard Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., and Activision Publishing, Inc., and concluded that the patents asserted by Worlds were invalid as directed to abstract concepts.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/05/23/2448310/0/en/Worlds-1st-NFT-Offering-to-Feature-David-Bowie-s-BowieWorld-1st-International-Celebrity-Metaverse.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564Worlds’ 1st NFT Offering to Feature David Bowie’s BowieWorld – 1st International Celebrity Metaverse2022-05-23T11:30:00Z<![CDATA[NEW YORK and BOSTON, May 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD), a pioneer that developed the first 3D metaverses, metaverse e-commerce platforms, and technologies crucial to interactive online multi-player gaming technologies, today announces that its debut in the non-fungible token (NFT) arena will feature NFTs from BowieWorld, the world’s first global celebrity metaverse, created in 1999 by legendary musician David Bowie and Worlds Inc. BowieWorld was the first online interactive virtual world (now known as a metaverse) for a celebrity that also featured the first metaverse e-commerce platform where Bowie offered custom avatars, music, art, clothing and other artifacts for purchase.]]>Worlds Inc.'s entrance into the NFT marketplace will delight fans with a collection of NFTs from the original BowieWorld, the world’s first international celebrity Metaverse created with rock legend David Bowie in 1999 to engage with fans in an exciting new forum.Worlds Inchttps://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/04/11/2419940/0/en/Worlds-Inc-Partners-With-CrossTower-For-NFT-Marketplace-Services-Related-to-First-Metaverses.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564Worlds Inc. Partners With CrossTower For NFT Marketplace Services Related to First Metaverses2022-04-11T11:30:00Z<![CDATA[NEW YORK and BOSTON, April 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD), a pioneer that developed the first 3D metaverses and technologies crucial to interactive online multi-player gaming technologies, today announces a partnership with CrossTower Inc., one of the world's top rated cryptocurrency exchanges. Worlds will utilize CrossTower’s global non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace and services to sell NFTs of digital art, avatars, and other artifacts related to the first online interactive virtual worlds (now known as metaverses) created for some of the most famous music and entertainment artists and brands, such as Aerosmith, David Bowie, New York Yankees, DMC, WWE, and Coca-Cola.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/31/2414199/0/en/LET-S-DANCE-Fabulous-BOWIE-BALL-line-up-confirmed-and-thin-white-duke-inspired-artist-s-ceramic-tributes-arrive-at-the-first-DAVID-BOWIE-WORLD-FAN-CONVENTION.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564LET’S DANCE! Fabulous BOWIE BALL line-up confirmed and thin white duke-inspired artist’s ceramic tributes arrive at the first DAVID BOWIE WORLD FAN CONVENTION2022-03-31T16:36:06Z<![CDATA[LIVERPOOL AND BOSTON, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- No less understated than Ziggy Stardust himself or lacking any of the charismatic camp of Scary Monsters-era Bowie, the line-up for the hotly-anticipated, unashamedly celebratory Bowie Ball in association with Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD) Bowie World, at the first ever David Bowie World Fan Convention has been announced. The elaborate, carefully-curated centrepiece of the first fan-gathering of its kind takes place at Liverpool’s Mountford Hall during the city-wide weekend events spanning Fri 17 – Sun 19 June 2022.]]>A visionary in futhering music and fan engagement via technology, David Bowie, his son Duncan, and Worlds Inc. designed Bowie World, the first celebrity virtual world, in 1999 as an online space where fans and Bowie could interact with each other and experience Bowie’s art and music. It is still live today in its original format and is the oldest continuously running metaverse.Bowie World Avatars in Chaos roomItalian ceramic artist Maria Primolan who uses a breadth of sculptural and ceramic-firing methods to depict Bowie’s instantly recognizable likenesses, will visit Liverpool to show her latest work, from delicately coloured panels detailing Bowie’s powder-faced, Ashes to Ashes clown persona to 3D busts of the head-of-curls and beret-clad The Man Who Sold The World-era. Images © Maria PrimolanMaria Primolan's 3 Bowie Ceramic Heads.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/24/2409806/0/en/Worlds-Inc-Leveraging-Legacy-in-Virtual-Reality-Gaming-to-Develop-Technologies-to-Power-Tomorrow-s-Metaverses.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564Worlds Inc. Leveraging Legacy in Virtual Reality & Gaming to Develop Technologies to Power Tomorrow’s Metaverses2022-03-24T18:09:43Z<![CDATA[Boston, March 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD), a pioneer that collaborated on the production of Bowie World, the first celebrity metaverse in 1999 for David Bowie, and then developed 3D interactive online gaming technologies used by millions in today’s most popular online games, is now broadening its focus to developing the technologies that will power tomorrow’s immersive worlds.]]>Worlds led the industry when it created the first 3D multi-user metaverse by an international music artist for David Bowie, and is poised to break new ground as it interweaves NFTs and cryptocurrency with new VR and AR technologies to enhance business, entertainment, education and other aspects of our lives.Worlds Inc.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/11/2401824/0/en/U-S-Court-of-Appeals-Upholds-Federal-District-Court-s-Invalidity-Ruling-on-Patent-Eligible-Subject-Matter-Relating-to-Worlds-Inc-s-Patents.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Federal District Court’s Invalidity Ruling on Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Relating to Worlds Inc.’s Patents2022-03-11T13:01:00Z<![CDATA[Boston, MA, March 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the District Court judgement from April 30, 2021 that the claims of Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD) asserted patents are invalid under 35 U.S.C. Section 101 (§ 101) as directed to ineligible subject matter. Worlds had asked this Court to reverse an adverse District Court judgment from April 30, 2021 that favored defendants Activision Blizzard Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., and Activision Publishing, Inc.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/09/2399920/0/en/U-S-Court-of-Appeals-Hears-Worlds-Oral-Argument-on-Validity-of-Patents-for-3D-Virtual-Worlds-and-Related-Network-Architecture.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Worlds’ Oral Argument on Validity of Patents for 3D Virtual Worlds and Related Network Architecture2022-03-09T13:01:00Z<![CDATA[Boston, MA, March 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chief Judge and two other Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments on March 8, 2022 in the appeal filed by Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD). Worlds has asked this Court to reverse an adverse District Court judgment from April 30, 2021 that favored defendants Activision Blizzard Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., and Activision Publishing, Inc. Worlds has been in litigation with the Activision defendants since 2012, with Worlds asserting that the Activision defendants infringed Worlds’ patents directed to three-dimensional (3-D) virtual world technology and network architecture. This litigation was stayed in 2015, while Worlds defended its patents against six validity challenges brought before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Worlds’ patents all survived these challenges. In 2020, the litigation stay was lifted, and the parties progressed through extensive discovery until the District Court ruled that Worlds’ patents were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as directed to patent-ineligible subject matter. Worlds appealed.]]>https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/01/24/2371593/0/en/Oral-Argument-Set-for-March-8-2022-in-Worlds-Appeal-to-Establish-the-Validity-of-its-Patents-Directed-to-3-D-Virtual-Worlds-and-Network-Architecture.html?f=22&fvtc=4&fvtv=33564Oral Argument Set for March 8, 2022 in Worlds’ Appeal to Establish the Validity of its Patents Directed to 3-D Virtual Worlds and Network Architecture2022-01-24T12:30:00Z<![CDATA[Boston, MA, Jan. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is scheduled to hear oral arguments on March 8, 2022 in the appeal filed by Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD), seeking to reverse an adverse District Court ruling from April 30, 2021 that favored defendants Activision Blizzard Inc., Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., and Activision Publishing, Inc. Worlds has been in litigation with the Activision defendants since 2012, with Worlds asserting that the Activision defendants infringed Worlds’ patents directed to three-dimensional (3D) virtual world technology and network architecture. While this litigation was stayed in 2015 while Worlds defended its patents against six validity challenges brought before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), Worlds’ patents all survived these challenges. In 2020, the litigation stay was lifted, and the parties progressed through extensive discovery. However, litigation against the Activision defendants ended when the District Court ruled that Worlds’ patents were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as directed to patent-ineligible subject matter.]]>