As I stated before, the beginning of the end in the Harmony
Gold case is in sight. And today,
it was proven right. This recent court filing with the Eastern District of
Washington has put an end to the case against Harebrained Schemes with prejudice. The case against Piranha
Games still ongoing, but with this dismissal, any reasonable supposition is
that the case Harmony Gold has brought does probably not have a lot of time
left.
The good news is this, it seems that Harmony Gold has
finally run into a proverbial brick wall and the ignominious end of Robotech
Tactics, as well as this current court case, has covered that franchise in mud.
It’s a sad end for such a franchise, which got many of us into Battletech in
the first place. The only good news in this is that perhaps the legal legacy of
the “unseen” can be mercifully put to bed at last.
I can’t by any means predict how long this will go, or what
path it will take, but make no mistake, I cannot see the Piranha Games case
going the distance. While I am no legal scholar, all law is based on precedent,
and Harmony Gold has already had two strikes against it because of the
arbitration “victory” and now this dismissal. While the law is supposed to make
all decisions independent of such considerations, judges are human, and as
such, will make human decisions, and logic suggests, that there will more than
likely be a dismissal in the remaining case.
But, let’s remain vigilant and hopeful until it does.
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