Activision Blizzard wins the lawsuit because the other side does not know games

As it turns out, in November 2021, Activision Blizzard was sued by Brooks Entertainment. She claimed that in the 2016 game “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare” Activision Blizzard infringed the intellectual property of Brooks Entertainment, which are the games “Save One Bank” and “Stock Picker”, and also used the image of the company owner – Bishop Christopher Brooks .

Lawyers tried to prove that all three games contained “scripted mall combat with high-end fashion.” In addition, they claimed that the main character – Sean Brooks – uses the image of the president of Brooks Entertainment. However, anyone who has played Infinite Warfare – even for an hour and a half – knows that these allegations have little to do with the truth.

First of all, the main character of the game is not Corporal Sean Brooks, but a member of his squad, Commander Nick Reyes. Additionally, the “scripted mall fight” takes place in Geneva in the distant future and Sean Brooks does not take part in it – the player is in control of Nick Reyes all the time.

In January 2022, Activision Blizzard attorneys petitioned Brooks Entertainment’s attorneys to withdraw the lawsuit, adding that if they did not, they would be seeking sanctions under “Rule 11”, which include fines for filing lawsuits of “dubious quality or improper, without substantial or – as in this case – the evidence which is not factually corroborated. “

A court in July approved Activision Blizzard’s motion to dismiss the case and ordered Brooks Entertainment to pay compensation for its costs. In the justification of the decision, the judge adds that “the plaintiff’s lawyer could easily verify [te] the facts before an unsubstantiated lawsuit was filed, as the Court easily verified in the first hour and a half of the game. “