September 12, 2016
Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. on Friday told a California federal court that former NFL players in a putative class action over the use of their likenesses in the company's “Madden NFL” video game franchise are improperly trying to use spreadsheet databases handed over months ago to support their bid for class certification.
October 08, 2015
Electronic Arts has filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to review whether the First Amendment protects its depiction of current and former NFL players in the "Madden NFL" video game franchise from a right-of-publicity putative class action.
September 03, 2015
A California federal judge on Thursday denied a bid by Electronic Arts Inc. to extend a stay in a proposed class action by former NFL players over the company's use of their likenesses in the 2009 version of EA's "Madden NFL" game, allowing the 2010 suit to go forward.
August 28, 2015
Retired NFL players claiming Electronic Arts Inc. illegally used their likenesses in "Madden NFL" video games asked a California federal judge on Thursday to deny the company a stay for a U.S. Supreme Court appeal, saying they're not getting any younger while discovery waits.
August 14, 2015
Electronic Arts Inc. on Thursday urged the California federal judge overseeing the retired NFL players' case claiming EA used their likenesses in video games without permission to keep the suit on ice while EA appeals the Ninth Circuit's ruling in favor of the players to the U.S. Supreme Court.
March 30, 2012
A California federal judge on Thursday refused to toss a class action brought by retired NFL players who claim Electronic Arts Inc. used their likenesses without permission in its "Madden NFL" video game, saying the players' portrayal in the game does not pass the transformative use test.
June 10, 2011
Electronic Arts Inc. asked a California federal judge on Thursday to toss a class action brought by retired NFL players who claim the video game maker used their likenesses without permission, arguing the players' claims were barred under the First Amendment.