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Lawsuit Update: Jury Finds No Copyright Infringement of Wrestler’s Poster in Black Ops 4 Poster
Lawsuit Update: Jury Finds No Copyright Infringement of Wrestler’s Poster in Black Ops 4 Poster Huffman v. Activision Publ’g, Inc.2:19-cv-00050Filed February 12, 2019 Professional wrestler Booker T. Huffman (“Huffman”), who wrestles as…
Music Publishers Sue Roblox for Copyright Infringement Seeking No Less than $200 Million
Music Publishers Sue Roblox for Copyright Infringement Seeking No Less than $200 Million ABKCO Music Inc. v. Roblox Corp.Case No. 2:21-cv-04705United States District Court for the Central District of CaliforniaFiled: June 9,…
Artist Sues Capcom for Alleged Copyright Infringement in Resident Evil 4 Textures
Artist Sues Capcom for Alleged Copyright Infringement in Resident Evil 4 Textures Juracek v. Capcom Co.Case No. 3:21-cv-00775United States District Court for the District of ConnecticutFiled: June 4, 2021 Artist Judy A.…
Skateboard Graphic Artist Sues Jack Black, Tony Hawk, and The Berrics for Copyright Infringement of Skateboard Graphic Design
Skateboard Graphic Artist Sues Jack Black, Tony Hawk, and The Berrics for Copyright Infringement of Skateboard Graphic Design Humpston v. Black et al Case No. 2:20-cv-10018 United States District Court for the…
Take-Two Finds Less Success with Second Take on Copyright and Tattoos
Alexander v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. et al Case No. 3:18-cv-00966 United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Filed April 17, 2018 Tattoo artist Catherine Alexander sued Take-Two Interactive…
Twitch Deletes Content for Copyright Infringement Without Warning
Twitch Deletes Content for Copyright Infringement Without Warning On October 20th, many Twitch streamers received an email from Twitch notifying them that content on their channels was subject to Digital Millennium Copyright…
Atlanta Rapper Claims “Soul Jah Boi” Dance in NBA 2K19 Infringes His Copyright
Atlanta Rapper Claims “Soul Jah Boi” Dance in NBA 2K19 Infringes His Copyright Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. et. al v. Sims Case No. 4:20-CV-04441 United States District Court for the Northern District…
NBA 2K Avoids Tattoo Copyright Infringement in Three Ways
Solid Oak Sketches, LLC v. 2K Games, Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.Case Number 16-CV-724-LTS-SDAUnited States Court for the Southern District of New York Since Solid Oak Sketches, LLC (“Solid Oak”) filed…
Duke Nukem Goes Retro in Music Copyright Suit
Duke Nukem Goes Retro in Music Copyright Suit Robert C. Prince v. Gearbox Software LLC et. al. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Northern Division Case No.: 3:19-cv-00380…
Bears Versus Yetis the Triple Town Copyright Infringement Case
Bears Versus Yetis the Triple Town Copyright Infringement Case Spry Fox LLC v. LOLApps Inc., United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2012 2012 WL 5290158 This case is…
False Start for Paparazzi in Copyright Suit
False Start for Paparazzi in Copyright Suit Xclusive-Lee Inc. v. Hadid, Case Number 1:19-cv-00520, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York A copyright infringement lawsuit against supermodel Gigi…
Dynamic and Nonliteral Elements Win Protection in Blizzard Copyright Suit
Dynamic and Nonliteral Elements Win Protection in Blizzard Copyright Suit MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Vivendi Games, Inc. 629 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2010) For those who followed our…
Heroes Charge into Copyright Battle
Heroes Charge into Copyright Battle Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and Valve Corporation v. Lilith Games (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. and uCool, Inc., United States District Court of the Northern District of California, 2018 Case…
Conan Properties et al. v. Sanchez (EDNY) – Copyright in Characters
Conan Properties Int’l LLC et al. v. Ricardo Jove Sanchez United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Case No. 1:17-cv-00162-FB-RLM, Memorandum and Order of August 15, 2018 …
Ed Sheeran sued for copyright infringement…. again.
As previously reported, Ed Sheeran was sued back in June for copyright infringement. Well either the sharks smell blood, or perhaps there’s something in the water, but be’s been sued again based…
SUPREME COURT: KIRTSAENG V. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. – Attorney Fees in Copyright Cases
U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN KIRTSAENG V. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. By Rajit Kapur Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., No. 15-375, that it is appropriate…
Listen for Yourself: Ed Sheeran sued for copyright infringement over “Photograph”
This isn’t video game related, but music copyright cases always interest me. First, the details, from Law360: New York (June 8, 2016, 8:14 PM ET) — British singer Ed Sheeran violated U.S.…
U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index
The U.S. Copyright Office maintains an index of fair use lawsuits. They recently sent out a reminder about the index, reproduced below. Definitely worth checking out. One year ago, the U.S. Register…
Baby Murlocs and Work For Hire – Activision Blizzard fighting Appeal of Copyright Case
Amanda Lewis v. Activision Blizzard, Inc Ninth Circuit, Case No. 13-17391 Appeal Filed 11/21/2013 From NDCA Case No. 12-cv-01096 Back in November 2010, a former World of Warcraft game master sued Blizzard…
Appeal decided in Garcia v. Google: NO Copyright Protection for Individual Actors in a Motion Picture
In a second major case decided today, the 9th Circuit held that there is no independent copyright held by a performer in a motion picture (film, TV, etc.) work. As reported by…