{"id":1899,"date":"2022-10-06T19:51:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2022-10-06T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:51:05","slug":"intellectual-property-video-games-and-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bgal.com.mx\/en\/?p=1899","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual property, video games and tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tattoo des<\/span><\/span>igner wins lawsuit against video game developer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Source: El <\/span><\/span>Espa\u00f1ol<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Undeniably, technology has <\/span><\/span>been revolutionary <\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span>the last ten years<\/span><\/span> and within various areas<\/span><\/span>, including the video game industry, which has developed very successful sp<\/span><\/span>orts sagas for gamers. To make th<\/span><\/span>at<\/span><\/span> happen, they <\/span><\/span>have <\/span><\/span>include<\/span><\/span>d<\/span><\/span> realistic playable avatars, recreating their appearance as faithfully as possible: physique, facial features, hairstyles and even tattoos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, <\/span><\/span>this latter has been frowned upon by <\/span><\/span>several tattoo studio<\/span><\/span>s and artists, who created individual and personalized pieces for athletes, and whose designs were previously registered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Such is the case of the <\/span><\/span>tattoo artist Catherine Alexander, who in April 2018 filed a lawsuit against WWE, 2K Games Inc and <\/span><\/span>the distributors associated with the WWE 2K18 video game, claiming the <\/span><\/span>unauthorized <\/span><\/span>use of her tattoo designs on Randy<\/span><\/span> Orton<\/span><\/span>\u2019s model<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>particularly, in<\/span><\/span> 2K video games, for which <\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>he did not receive any royalties.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More than four years later, <\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span> Court<\/span><\/span> in Illinois, <\/span><\/span>Unite<\/span><\/span>d States<\/span><\/span>issued a final ruling in that case<\/span><\/span>, which was basically about <\/span><\/span>the illicit use of the copyright <\/span><\/span>of <\/span><\/span>the tattoo artist. After a series of statements by both parties, the final decision favored Catherine Alexander over the wrestlin<\/span><\/span>g and video game companies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The jury found that the use of the<\/span><\/span> tattoos<\/span><\/span> previously registered by Alexander d<\/span><\/span>id<\/span><\/span> not comply with the fair-use<\/span><\/span> requirements<\/span><\/span>, and that the companies violated various copyright <\/span><\/span>dispositions <\/span><\/span>by using <\/span><\/span>it<\/span><\/span> without auth<\/span><\/span>orization from <\/span><\/span>her <\/span><\/span>creator. Given these conclusions, WWE and 2K Games will have to <\/span><\/span>economically <\/span><\/span>compensate the tattoo artist<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This case could set a great precedent for video games inspired by real-life personalities. Tattoo artists could become a new fact<\/span><\/span>or in the realization of characters within this form of entertainment, as this is not an isolated case, <\/span><\/span>since<\/span><\/span> the video game developer previously faced another lawsuit for the tattoos of various basketball stars present in NBA 2K. The company won on that occa<\/span><\/span>sion <\/span><\/span>due <\/span><\/span>to clauses in its contract with the NBA.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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