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Ironmace to attend North America, Japan game shows to expand global user contact points
Ironmace will take part in major game shows in North America and Japan following its appearance at ChinaJoy, aiming to widen contact with local users. The company said it will attend PAX West 2026 in the United States and Tokyo Game Show 2026 in Japan. It will run B2C booths at both events featuring mini-game demo content for Dark and Darker and plans to unveil new goods and provide special items to verified users.
Games & Commerce
Supreme Court upholds 5.8 billion won damages award in Dark and Darker trade secrets case
South Korea\'s Supreme Court has finalised a copyright and trade secrets dispute between Nexon and Ironmace over the game Dark and Darker by dismissing appeals from both sides and upholding a lower court ruling. The court confirmed trade secrets infringement involving materials from Nexon\'s P3 project but rejected copyright infringement claims and a request to ban the service. It upheld damages of 5.8 billion won and noted a separate criminal trial is continuing.
Games & Commerce
Dark and Darker Supreme Court ruling nears; focus on scope of protecting game development outputs
South Korea\'s game industry is watching a Supreme Court ruling due on April 30 in the dispute between Nexon and Ironmace over \"Dark and Darker\". The industry focus is on how far courts recognise non-public development outputs accumulated during development and how they separate copyright from trade secrets. Lower courts rejected copyright infringement but upheld trade secret infringement. They also rejected a request to ban the game’s service, citing an expired protection period.
