近期，社交游戏开发公司Zynga表示其与迪士尼旗下laydom公司长达一年的商业机密诉讼案最近结案。对此Zynga公司法律顾问Reggie Davis并没有透露关于结案的具体信息，而迪士尼公司的发言人则拒绝发表任何评论。

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2009年9月，以社交游戏FarmVille和Mafia Wars等闻名的游戏开发公司Zynga起诉其劲敌Playdom，称Playdom聘用Zynga公司4名前任员工以窃取Zynga商业机密，并以此用于开发Playdom网络社交游戏。

Zynga公司称这几名员工带走了Zynga公司的“Playbook”，这是一本记录开发成功社交游戏的指南手册。另外，其中一名员工复印了关于Zynga未发布游戏的上百份资料等，并在加入Playdom时还持有这部分资料。

开发MobSters和World Series of Poker等社交游戏开发公司Playdom在此之后被迪士尼公司以7亿6300万美元的高价收购。

私人创办的社交游戏巨头公司Zynga吸引了包括Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers在内的众多投资者，目前据预计该公司的价值在50亿美元左右。

据市场调查公司AppData数据显示，目前Zynga公司在社交网站Facebook上的月活跃用户总计多达1亿9850万，而Playdom则大约3480万。

今年初，法庭颁令比较倾向于驳回Playdom，而3月份，一位圣塔克莱拉高等法院法官发布了关于Playdom使用Zynga材料的初步禁令。8月，法院宣判将其中一名毁灭和持有证据的Zynga前任员工关押10天。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Social games maker Zynga Game Network Inc. said it had settled a lawsuit it filed against Walt Disney Co.’s Playdom unit, ending a year-long battle over trade secrets with one of its closest rivals.

Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. “The settlement reflects the very serious nature of the conduct involved,” Zynga general counsel Reggie Davis said in a statement, without providing details. A Disney spokesperson declined to comment.

Zynga, known for games like “Farmville” and “Mafia Wars,” sued Playdom in September 2009, alleging that Playdom induced four former Zynga employees to steal trade secrets and use that information to help Playdom develop online social games to compete with Zynga’s games.

In particular, Zynga complained in the lawsuit that the employees took its “playbook,” a manual for developing successful and distinctive social games. In another allegation, Zynga claimed a former employee copied hundreds of files related to an unreleased Zynga game and took them with her when she joined Playdom.

Playdom, which makes “Mobsters” and “World Series of Poker,” was subsequently acquired by Disney for up to $763 million.

The settlement comes amid a boom in online social games, which are challenging traditional console videogames for popularity. Privately held Zynga has attracted outside investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and has an estimated value of more than $5 billion.

Zynga has 198.5 million monthly active users on social network Facebook Inc., while Playdom has 34.8 million, according to market research group AppData.

Earlier this year, court orders suggested the case was going against Playdom. In March, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Playdom from using any of the material taken from Zynga. In August, the court sentenced a former Zynga employee to 10 days in country jail for destroying and withholding evidence. （Source：WSJ）