Courthouse News Service - Milwaukee South "Pokémon Go" on the right side allows county

MADISON (CN) - A manufacturer of Nevada told the court the law of Milwaukee County, the developing violated their rights to freedom of expression permission augmented reality games like "Pokemon Go" applied.

"Candy Lab AR can afford to make the investigation process, and the need to apply the efforts to complete, allows municipalities to publish, which are the source of income of the company remains high mobile applications," according to the lawsuit in federal court in Milwaukee, filed on Friday.

Augmented reality allows users the illusion that "the digital images are physically present in front" of them through digital content with physical sense of a person mixing, laboratory said sweets.

The order in question changes section 47.03 of the Milwaukee County code and came after the application of augmented reality "Pokémon Go" was released last year. In the game, players objects and Pokémon physically go to places in the real world as it stated in the application.

Following the release of the game and the madness of the world, the Milwaukee County Parks followed saw "in parks wasting increasingly in the wear parks, and the need for a police presence," according to the complaint. Candy Lab said the regulation was approved in February, in response to the popularity of "Pokemon Go."

adopted a few weeks after ordering sugar Lab launched its "chain of Texas' Em" application that players interact with the letters of the true virtual poker along physical Milwaukee, requires in violation of the order.

The order requires companies that augmented reality games imagine in the county play a special event complete request, responsibility for damage caused in the game park contains user.

"The cost of insurance for an unknown number of players in each park at all hours of the park could be prohibitively expensive," Labor sweets say.

According to the lawsuit, the developer of other potentially cost applications, including face "telephone line costs ($ 500.00), refuse collection ($ 50.00 per employee per hour), automotive recycling bins ($ 5.00 per day), rent picnic tables ($ 15.00 per day), wastebaskets rent ($ 7.00 per day), car barricades ($ 8.00 per day) and cleaning fees excessive ($ 150.00 minimum) and participation fee. "

Lab Candy will tell a judge that the order of their constitutional rights violated and impaired the ability of customers to use their applications.

"This restriction of the right AR laboratory sweets freedom of expression by regulating the right to sugar Lab AR affects to write on their video games, which means the use of augmented reality," the lawsuit said.

The Department of Milwaukee County Parks, Recreation and Culture - one of the accused as well as the county and the Supervisory Board - did not respond to an email request for comment Monday sent.

Candy Lab is an implementation of augmented reality, which was founded in 2010 and is represented in the lawsuit Friday Brian Wassom with Warner Norcross and Judd LLP.