“Blade Runner 2049" producer Alcon Entertainment LLC’s image use suit against
Judge George H. Wu struck claims of Lanham Act violations and vicarious copyright infringement against Tesla and Elon Musk, quickly adopting his tentative ruling after a hearing in the US District Court for the Central District of California.
The producer, stating a desire to mark its distance from the Elon Musk-owned company, sued last year over a Tesla Cybercab promotion that it alleges used an AI-generated copyrighted image from the movie. Alcon, which owns the movie’s copyright, ...
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