sued the gaming company to the request Milwaukee helped Pokémon go-type developing games - Chicago Tribune

A gaming company Friday sued California to Milwaukee County during his demand that game developers get a permit, such as "Pokemon Go" to have actually risen played in their parks.

asking candy laboratory, based in Irvine, Inc. in a federal processes for the job because of the freedom of expression is declared unconstitutional, and even to ban the Court of Milwaukee County law enforcement.

A spokesman for the Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, who signed the order, said he does not comment on pending litigation.

The complaint in the Eastern District of Wisconsin has filed one of the first tests, such as state and local governments can go to try to regulate virtual games.

Candy Lab is an augmented reality game called development "Texas Rope,Em", a variant of Texas Hold 'Em, which is tested in Milwaukee, Austin, London and other selected cities. In the version of Augmented Reality Player addressed to different stations cards are to gather and build a five card hand to play against a computer-controlled car.

As in "Pokemon Go" virtual cards appear in the real world that players are using their smartphones to different places to go.

Milwaukee County adopted its regulation in February, in response to the large masses "Pokemon Go" parks on Lake Michigan tightened. Authorities said the sudden influx of people the park with trash and the county pay for cleaning littered left.

The regulation requires game developers to apply for and obtain a permit like any other company or group, organize events, will in the park. The fee is on a sliding scale - are used by $ 100 to $ 1,000, depending on the amount of the park and how many people should be there. The money is to the park to maintain and expected help allowed the county to prepare the volume of people, according to County Supervisor Sheldon Wasserman, who wrote the prescription.

The lawsuit acknowledges that sugar Lab "is apparently already in violation of the order" because it has no license.

The lawsuit alleges that the license Milwaukee County is vague and initially investors "can not with a handful of sugar Lab afford to carry out the investigation process and the need to apply the efforts to complete municipalities before the release of highly mobile applications, enables the source of income of the company are ".