WWE Hall of Famer Booker T has lost his lawsuit against Activision, regarding claimed that Activision Publishing, Inc., Activision Blizzard, Inc., and Major League Gaming Corp., stole the likeness of Booker T’s G.I. Bro character for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 game character David “Prophet” Williams. The lawsuit stated that Booker T owned copyrights to the character, and was claiming copyright infringement, and noted that the game generated over $1 billion. He was was looking to be awarded whatever relief was determined by the court.
Activision countered that argued that Booker T had essentially contracted to WWE all rights to the promotional material, as well as rights to images and other depictions of G.I. Bro, to which Booker T responded by insisting that he only contracted away intellectual property rights used as part of pro wrestling business and noted that the comic book character G.I. Bro, which he based the suit on, does not fall within that limitation.
