Litigation
Jul. 17, 2012
Video game cases highlight tension between right of publicity and First Amendment
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Friday tried to balance athletes' right-of-publicity and trademark contentions against video gamemaker Electronic Arts Inc.'s free expression privilege under the First Amendment.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Pro football hall of famer Jim Brown set NFL records as a running back, but he failed to score in litigation when a federal trial court in Los Angeles tossed his complaint that a video gamemaker used his image without permission.
But former college sports star plaintiffs had better luck when a federal judge in Oakland refused to dismiss their nearly identical claims in a separate compla...
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