Court denies EA’s motion to dismiss former NCAA player’s lawsuit

February 14th, 2010 admin

We’ve been on pins and needles since last May, when we first heard about former NCAA football player Samuel Keller’s lawsuit against EA, which claimed that his likeness and the likenesses of his former athletic colleagues had been used in the company’s games without permission. According to court documents obtained by Patent Arcade , there was a development in the case last week: The U.S. District for the Northern District of California denied EA’s motion to dismiss Keller’s claims outright. According to the aforementioned court documents, EA’s defense claimed the NCAA series’ in-game players were…


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