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Take-Two wins NBA 2K tattoo lawsuit

Take-Two has successfully defended itself against a lawsuit in which a tattoo artist claimed the publisher had used the…

Yesterday, Friday 19th April, a jury in Ohio returned the verdict that Take-Two had not infringed on tattoo artist Jimmy Hayden's copyright after Take-Two's lawyers convinced the jury that – as it had secured permission to use James' likeness – that included the basketball star's tattoos, too. Solid Oak previously acquired the rights to the tattoo designs of NBA legends such as Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Eric Bledsoe - something Take-Two's lawyers have suggested was a deliberate move to then squeeze money out of them. Back in 2012, an artist sued THQ for including an "exact replica" of a lion he tattooed on a UFC fighter.

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