Courtside questions: Is it fair or foul to show a player's
tattoo in a video game? LeBron James is a talented individual:
three-time NBA Champion; 13-time NBA All-Star. And he gave a more
than respectable performance playing himself in the movie
"Trainwreck."
He also sports several tattoos, one of which – the
Lion's Head Tattoo – was created by an artist who
assigned his copyright rights in the tattoo to Solid Oak Sketches.
Solid Oak sued Take-Two Interactive Software for copyright
infringement last year, claiming it is a technical foul to display
the copyrighted tattoo on LeBron's arm in Take-Two's
popular NBA 2K line of video games. LeBron's "Lion's
Head" tattoo (one of several Solid Oak tattoos at issue in the
lawsuit), as it appears on his right arm, and as depicted in the
video game, is shown above (photo and illustration credits: court
file).
