On March 26, 2020, the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to defendants 2K Games and Take-Two Interactive Software in a copyright suit over the depiction of tattoos of certain NBA players in NBA2k games.

On March 16, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal by the Central District of California of copyright claims brought by Denise Daniels against the Walt Disney Company, alleging that the characters in Disney’s Inside Out infringed characters she developed called The Moodsters.

Beginning January 1, 2019, video games that allow players to communicate by text, voice, or video are subject to a U.S. law enacted nine years ago that requires communication services to be accessible to people with disabilities.

On March 29, 2018, the Court of Appeals of New York unanimously affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Lindsay Lohan against Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., which asserted that the Lacey Jonas from Grand Theft Auto 5 infringed her right of publicity.

On October 27, 2015, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles granted defendants’ special motion to strike plaintiff—and former Panamanian dictator—Manuel Noriega’s right of publicity suit based on his depiction in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

On August 21, 2015, the Northern District of California dismissed trademark claims brought by VIRAG, S.R.L. against Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. over the depiction of VIRAG’s logo in Sony’s Gran Turismo racing games.

On March 2, 1982, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction brought by plaintiffs Atari, Inc. and Midway Mfg. Co. against defendants North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp. and Park Television for alleged copyright infringement of plaintiffs’ PAC-MAN game.