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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…

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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,…

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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…

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Fortnite “Running Man” Emote Lawsuit Against Epic Games Dismissed

Fortnite “Running Man” Emote Lawsuit Against Epic Games Dismissed Brantley et al v. Epic Games, Inc. et al Case No.: 8:19-cv-594-PWG United States District Court for the District of Maryland Filed February…

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Ubisoft Alleges Rainbow Six Siege Infringement by Ejoy.com

Ubisoft Alleges Rainbow Six Siege Infringement by Ejoy.com Ubisoft Entm’t v. Ejoy.com Ltd. United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No: 20-cv-4419 Filed: May 15, 2020 On May…

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Crytek Delays Launch of Lawsuit Against Star Citizen Devs Before Suddenly Settling

Crytek Delays Launch of Lawsuit Against Star Citizen Devs Before Suddenly Settling Crytek GMBH v. Cloud Imperium Games Corp. and Roberts Space Industries Corp., United States District Court for the Central District…

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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…

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Pac-Man Owners Caught in Retro Game IP Maze

Pac-Man Owners Caught in Retro Game IP Maze Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. v. AtGames Holdings Ltd. et. al. United States District Court for the Northern District of California Case No. 5:19-cv-05898…

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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…

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No Fun and Games: Blizzard Alleges Infringement by JoyFun Inc.

No Fun and Games: Blizzard Alleges Infringement by JoyFun Inc. Blizzard Entertainment Inc. v. JoyFun Inc. Co. United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No. 8:19-cv-01582 Filed August…

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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…

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Capital C Infringement of Capitol Records

Capital C Infringement of Capitol Records EMI April Music Inc. v. 4MM Games, LLC, 2014 WL 1383468 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Memorandum Opinion and Order…

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Nintendo Continues Campaign Against Piracy

Nintendo Continues Campaign Against Piracy Nintendo of America Inc. v. Matthew Storman and John Does 1-10 United States District Court for the Central District of California Filed September 10, 2019 Case No.…

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Running Man Stars Suing Epic Games for Fortnite Dance

Running Man Stars Suing Epic Games for Fortnite Dance Brantley et al. v. Epic Games, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 8:19-cv-00594-PWG United States District Court for the District of Maryland Filed…

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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…

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Iron Man’s Iron Defense

Iron Man’s Iron Defense Horizon Comics Products Inc. v. Marvel Entertainment LLC et. al., Case Number 1:16-cv-02499 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Filed April 4, 2016…

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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…

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King.com Ltd. Tries to Crush Competitors

King.com Limited v. JoyFox Company Limited Case number 3:17-cv-01636 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Action Dismissed: March 31, 2017 The operator of the mobile game “Candy Crush Saga,”…

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Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd.

  Vault Corp. v. Quaid Software Ltd. 847 F.2d 255 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Decided: June 20, 1988 Vault Corporation was a manufacturer of floppy disks that…

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