Valve’s Patent Validity Suit Stayed While Defendants’ Counsel Seek Payment

( June 4, 2025, 3:17 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge issued a 45-day stay of video game company Valve Corp.’s complaint against a man the company accuses of being a “patent troll,” entities he controls and others while the defendants seek new counsel and the court mulls the defendants’ current counsel’s motion to withdraw from the case for lack of payment....