Capcom Sued Over Dead Rising
February 28th, 2008 by Rajiv Ashrafi in Action, News, Xbox360
The premise of Dead Rising is quite a simple one - a shopping mall infested with zombies. It was also the setting for Dawn of the Dead, a film by George Romero as well as its remake. On that note, film production company MKR Group has filed suit against Capcom alleging copyright infringement by the movie, Reuters reports.
The company claims that the game is an adaptation of Dawn of Dead, for which MKR owns the copyright. Earlier this month, MKR notified Capcom, Best Buy and Microsoft that it plans to file suit if a settlement cannot be reached. Following that, Capcom filed a complaint in the US District Court, seeking an injunction to prevent the suit and asking the court to declare that Dead Rising did not infringe upon MKR’s trademark.
The outcome is yet to be decided.
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