NCSoft has retained the servies of Cooley Godward LLP and filed a motion to dismiss the case we have
previously reported on where Marvel has filled a lawsuit against NCSoft claming their video game "
City of Heroes" ininfringes on Marvel's intellectual property.
Wendy Seltzer, staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation posted the following over at the
Warcry Network:
I'm here from Electronic Frontier Foundation trying to do some more investigation into the ridiculous lawsuit Marvel has brought against Cryptic / NCSoft claiming contributory trademark and copyright infringement for City of Heroes (see this article and this earlier thread). One of the ways EFF might get involved is on behalf of players who were or felt threatened by the suit -- after all, if Marvel says NCSoft is "contributing" to players' infringement of Marvel trademark or copyright, it must be claiming that players themselves are infringing directly. What's next, chasing kids dressed in green and purple off the playground because other kids might get confused into thinking they're Marvel-sponsored Hulks?
If you've tried to play a character that looks like a Marvel character, we'd like to hear from you. You can post to this thread, or better yet, email me at wendy@eff.org.
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