later, on July 8. Most of Data East's video game library was acquired in February 2004 by G-Mode, a Japanese mobile game content provider. G-Mode also owns the Data East trademark. However, some games are owned by Paon Corporation instead of G-Mode, notably Karnov, Chelnov, Windjammers, the Glory of Heracles series and the Kuuga trilogy. Likewise, the rights to the series Metal Max and Jake Hunter currently are the properties of Kadokawa Games and Arc System Works, respectively. The RoboCop titles related to Data East were acquired by D4 Enterprise in September 2010. The other properties of Data East were transferred to Tactron Corporation, the asset management company of the Fukuda family. Tactron sued Nintendo twice during the 2000s decade for patent infringement, but both cases were dismissed. Products For a list of video and pinball games released by Data East, see List of games released by Data East. See also List of games released by Data East References Neomega forums posting on Data East's closure, July 8 Note External links Official website (archives) G-Mode's Data East webpage (or alternate website) DEEP: The Data East Emustatus Project The Data East Pinball Archive (Oocities Mirror) Defunct video game companies of Japan Japanese companies established in 1976 Video game companies established in 1976 Video game companies disestablished in 2003 Companies that have filed for bankruptcy in Japan Pinball manufacturers Video game development companies Japanese companies disestablished in 2003