Judges and Judiciary,
Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 10, 2022
‘I played the game. Why didn’t you?’ judge asks, tossing copyright case
“Plaintiff’s counsel could have easily verified these facts prior to filing the factually baseless complaint, just as the court easily verified them within the first hour and a half of playing the game,” U.S. District Court Judge Todd W. Robinson wrote.
Call of Duty video games are not based on the copyrighted materials and likeness of a San Diego man and the plaintiff’s lawyers would have known that if they had bothered to play the game, wrote a federal judge before dismissing the case.
“Plaintiff’s counsel could have easily verified these facts prior to filing the factually baseless complaint, just as the court easily verified them within the first hour and a half of playing the game,”...
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