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Activision Blizzard will face jury trial in a case brought by former pro wrestler Booker T, who claims a character in video game "Call of Duty" infringes copyright in a character he created.
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Retired professional wrestler Booker T. Huffman (professionally known as Booker T), and developer of the
Call of Duty video game franchise, Activision, faced-off in a copyright dispute in the Eastern District of Texas. The case centers on allegations that Activision infringed Booker T’s copyright in a poster (the “Arroza Poster”) he used to promote his comic,
G.I. Bro and the Dragon of Death. The comic stars a “special operations hero called G.I. Bro,” which bears a strong resemblance to Booker T and one of his in-ring personas, “G.I. Bro.” Booker T commissioned the poster in 2015 from the artist, Erwin Arroza, to promote the comic, and distributed copies of the poster at comic conventions and other events.
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