Intellectual Property,
Technology
Oct. 25, 2022
California District Court holds dance moves in Fortnite did not infringe copyright
The claims in Hanagami involved a registered copyrighted work, which allowed the Court to dismiss the claims after engaging in substantive infringement analysis.
A federal district court judge in the Central District of California recently dismissed a choreographer's claims against Epic Games Inc. ("Epic Games") arising out of Epic Games' alleged use of his dance moves in its Fortnite video game. See
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