{"id":85280,"date":"2020-09-30T02:50:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T02:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/wwe-game-lawsuit-randy-orton-tattoos-court\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T02:50:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T02:50:42","slug":"wwe-game-lawsuit-over-randy-ortons-tattoos-heads-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/09\/30\/wwe-game-lawsuit-over-randy-ortons-tattoos-heads-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Game Lawsuit Over Randy Orton’s Tattoos Heads to Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

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First\u00a0attempting to negotiate terms on the use of her art back in 2018, many might remember the name Catherine Alexander\u00a0due to her heated legal battle with the\u00a0WWE<\/strong> and Take Two Interactive. A tattoo artist for top star Randy Orton<\/a>, Alexander’s issues with both companies\u00a0began after her work appeared on Orton’s model in the WWE video games, with the artist\u00a0filing a lawsuit and claiming the pair committed copyright infringement.<\/p>\n

Confirmed\u00a0through a report by the Hollywood Reporter, it appears\u00a0Alexander’s case will move forward with a jury trial, seeing Alexander continue to battle to secure compensation for\u00a0the use of her copyrighted artwork. This past Saturday, Illinois judge Staci Yandle handed the tattoo artist a\u00a0partial summary judgment, claiming that WWE<\/a> and Take-Two had indeed copied her designs.<\/p>\n

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Going forward, it seems a jury will have to decide whether Alexander is entitled to a claim of copyright infringement. The case so far has raised some interesting points,\u00a0with the ruling discussing whether the use of Orton’s tattoos can technically be classed as copyright infringement\u00a0seen as the purpose of the video game does not center around tattoo art. “Evidence establishes that consumers do not purchase WWE 2K<\/a><\/em> because of the tattoos. But other evidence shows that consumers did purchase WWE 2K<\/em> for its authenticity to the wrestlers\u2019 appearance,” the ruling reads, continuing to claim that the defendants admitted that “consumers expect there to be authenticity in the videogames and that WWE would have rejected Orton\u2019s videogame persona if it appeared without his tattoos or appeared with tattoos that were different than Orton\u2019s actual tattoos.” Those looking to read the rest of the ruling can do so here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Take-Two actually found itself in a similar lawsuit very recently, with the company confronted about tattoos used in the\u00a0NBA 2K\u00a0<\/em>franchise. In that case, Solid Oak Sketches battled against the publisher due to the tattoo art for\u00a0Lebron James, Kenyon Martin and Eric Bledsoe<\/a>, arguing a very similar point to Alexander. Take-Two eventually won the case, with the judge claiming that such a small number of players were brandishing copyrighted tattoos and the gameplay moves so fast they were barely taken in during play. The point was also made that the tattoos didn’t feature in the marketing materials, meaning the lawsuit was ultimately dropped. It’ll be interesting to see whether or not Alexander’s case follows a similar path.<\/p>\n

As for when the actual court case will take place, no date has been clarified just yet. Seen as Randy Orton is easily one of the biggest stars in the WWE – and has been for over the last decade – it makes sense for Alexander to pursue financial compensation for\u00a0the potential misuse of her\u00a0work. Whether\u00a0the jury\u00a0deems\u00a0WWE 2K<\/em>‘s\u00a0implementation of the designs copyright infringement or fair use,\u00a0the use of tattoo art is definitely something Take-Two<\/a> needs to be more mindful about going forward.<\/p>\n

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Source: Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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