U.S. game company Candy Lab sued the county of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday over an ordinance that requires virtual and location-based augmented reality games to have a permit in order to operate in Milwaukee County Parks.
Candy Lab launched its own location-based augmented reality game, Texas Rope ‘Em, in March.
Candy Lab is challenging the ordinance on the basis that it violates its First Amendment right to free speech.
The developer’s role in distributing that software, however, ends with making it available for download in a software app store.