The ongoing legal drama between Oculus chief technology officer John Carmack and his former employer ZeniMax continues today with Carmack suing the company.
The complaint filed on behalf of Carmack alleges ZeniMax refuses to make a final payment stemming from the $150 million purchase in 2009 of id Software, the company Carmack co-founded in the ’90s most well known for creating the Doom franchise.
Carmack’s lawsuit alleges he’s owed $22.5 million still from that purchase, and that ZeniMax “made it clear that the company would not voluntarily comply on a timely basis” because of “claimed violations of Mr. Carmack’s Employment Agreement and ZeniMax’s alleged intellectual property rights.” A Texas jury issued a $500 million decision against Oculus and co-founders Brendan Iribe and Palmer Luckey in a recent case due to copyright infringement and “false designation”, but the filing by Carmack says “ZeniMax did not bring any claim for breach of contract against Mr. Carmack as part of that lawsuit.”
I reached out to ZeniMax for comment. Here’s the document (PDF) stating Carmack’s case, with an excerpt included below. Oculus vows to appeal the case while ZeniMax is seeking to stop Oculus from using any tools or code it allegedly derived from work Carmack did for Oculus while he was at ZeniMax.
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