Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Jul. 10, 2014
Lohan suit an opportunity to set precedent
If there was ever a perfect opportunity for setting a new misappropriation of likeness standard in video games, the new lawsuit filed by Lindsay Lohan against Rockstar Games is it.
Dan D. Nabel
Principal Counsel
Riot Games
Dan also teaches Video Game Law at USC Gould. His new book, "Video Game Law in a Nutshell," will be available in July 2018 from West Academic."
About three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court emphatically declared that video games deserve the same First Amendment protection as books, plays and movies because, "video games communicate ideas - and even social messages." Unfortunately, like the two drunken castle guards in the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" who misunderstand their instructions from the King of Swamp Castle to protect the song-loving Prince Herbert, the two federal appellate courts in receipt of the Supreme Co...
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