Blizzard finally won the copyright infringement suit against Bossland, a German company that developes hacks and bots for games.

Bossland has earned millions of dollars in developing and selling hacks for various Blizzard games, including Diablo 3, Heroes of the Storm, and Hearthstone. Once Overwatch became popular, Bossland developed and sold a hack program, named Overwatch Tyrant in May of last year.

In response, Blizzard filed a lawsuit against Bossland on July 4th last year for alleged copyright infringement and unfair competition. A California court ruled in favor of Blizzard but was unable to enforce the injunction against the Germany-based company. In January of this year, Blizzard brought up the case again, but this time to a German court.

In the second trial, Blizzard argued that the Bossland’s hack programs had not only damaged the game financially, but also harmed the reputation of Blizzard games. As such, Blizzard filed for a total of $8.5 million in punitive damages against Bossland.

The German court has acknowledged Bossland’s violations of digital copyright laws by stating that the company's hack program intentionally circumvented Blizzard's anti-cheat solution, Warden, and affected Blizzard games. The court ordered Bossland to pay Blizzard $8.5 million in damages and to stop distributing hack programs in the United States.

Concerning the ruling, Bossland told BBC that, “We are discussing with our lawyers how to continue - if an appeal to the declined motion to dismiss is worth trying." For the time being, it seems that the battle between the two companies has come to an end with Blizzard’s victory, with Bossland facing a substantial fine in damages as well as an active sanction on their products.