Copyrights
Tattoos in Video Games – A New Right of Publicity?
Yesterday, the New York Times published an article on the use of athlete’s tattoos in video games. While the article regurgitates the usual commentary on the existing current state of the law…
Update – PUBG withdraws lawsuit against Epic
PUBG Corp., the Korean Subsidiary of Bluehole Studios (the developer of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds), has dropped its lawsuit against Fortnite developer Epic Games Inc. PUBG had filed a copyright infringement claim against Epic…
How do you perform a video game?
Epic Games, Inc. et al v. Mendes et al United States District Court for the Northern District of California CAND-3-17-cv-06223, Filed Oct. 27, 2017 We recently reported on Epic Games suing individuals…
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…
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.…
Atari Games Corp. v. Oman, 979 F. (2d) 242 (Cir DC 1992)
Atari Games Corp. v. Oman 979 F. (2d) 242 (DC Cir. 1992) This case dealt with the copyright status of video games, particularly whether video games are eligible for registration. Atari Games…
HUGE win for Google in Oracle API case.
From Law360: Google won a high-profile jury verdict Thursday that its use of Oracle’s copyrighted Java software code in its Android mobile operating system was protected by the fair use doctrine, clearing…
Case Closed: Spry Fox LLC v. Lolapps, Inc.
Spry Fox LLC v. Lolapps, Inc. Washington Western District Court Case Number: 2:2012cv00147 Following a court dismissal of LOLApp’s motion to dismiss, which included the court noting that copyright protection of video…
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…
1986 Case: Kramer Manufacturing v. Andrews
Kramer Manufacturing v. Andrews United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Decided February 6, 1986 783 F.2d 421 (4th Cir. 1986) Plaintiffs Kramer Manufacturing brought suit against defendants Andrews for…
1982 Case: Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc.
Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Civil Action No. 81-3911 Decided July 22, 1982 We are currently updating our site with…
1982 Case: Nintendo v. Elcon
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Elcon Industries, Inc. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division 564 F. Supp 937 Decided October 4, 1982 Plaintiff Nintendo (at the…
1983 Case: Williams Electronics v. Bally Manufacturing
Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Bally Mfg. Corp. 568 F. Supp. 1274 United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division Decided April 20, 1983 Plaintiff Williams Electronics, a manufacturer…
“Happy Birthday to You” in public domain
Good Morning to You Productions Corp., a production company working on a documentary about the song, sued Warner Chappel Music in New York federal court in June 2013, claiming that “Happy Birthday…
Graffiti Artist Sues Jeremy Scott and Moschino
Tierney v. Moschino United States District Court, Central District of California Case No. 2:15-cv-05900 Filed August 5, 2015 While not exactly a video game case, we thought our readers might find…
DECIDED: Archi Comic Publications Inc. v. Penders
Archie Comic Publications Inc. v. Penders United States District Court, Southern District of New York Case No. 1:10-cv-08858, Filed November 23, 2010 This case was terminated on July 1, 2013. All claims…
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…
BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court nails Aereo’s coffin shut.
Not exactly a video game case, but important the world of Copyrights nonetheless. The decision everyone has been waiting for it out. Today the U.S. Supreme Court held that Aereo is equivalent…
Case Settled: OG International v. Ubisoft
OG International v. Ubisoft United States District Court for the Northern District of California Case No.: 3-11-cv-04980-CRB, filed on October 7, 2011 This case initially came about when OG International (OGI) filed…
Case Update: Friedrich v. Marvel et al. remanded for trial
Case Update: Friedrich v. Marvel et al. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Case No. 08-cv-01533, filed 2007 Originally filed in 2007, Gary Friedrich sued Marvel for…