Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | 07:54 GMT
Judge throws out Dead Rising Romero case
Capcom’s won its case against The MKR Group, which claimed Dead Rising bore similarities to Romero film Dawn of the Dead.
Judge Richard Seeborg said last month that he had “not identified any similarity between Dead Rising and any protected element of Dawn of the Dead. Rather, the few similarities MKR has alleged are driven by the wholly unprotectable concept of humans battling zombies in a mall during a zombie outbreak.”
There’s much more in this Gamespot article.
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Tags: dead rising
4 comments
#1
Tonka
20/11/08, 9:13 am
I thought this was settled long ago since Capcom are making the mysterious Wii port.
#2
Blerk
20/11/08, 9:48 am
Perhaps they can put the zombies back in to the Wii version now, then?
#3
scuz
20/11/08, 3:02 pm
quite rightly so.
#4
Tonka
20/11/08, 3:14 pm
gLOL