Electronic Arts has been forced to remove diego Maradona from FIFA 22 following a court ruling in Argentina.
A year after Maradona's death, chaos continues, with children fighting over his inheritance, seven medical workers indicted for murder and multiple organizations fighting over maradona's trademark rights.
“Under the responsibility of the petitioner and prior real surety that is set at the sum of $ 3,000,000, the precautionary measure requested with respect to ELECTRONIC ARTS INC is decreed to immediately cease the use of the indicated brands, which by any means found doing, and must also refrain from using said signs on the platforms through which it distributes FIFA 21, FIFA Ultimate Team, FIFA Street, FIFA World Class Soccer, Football Manager and EA Ultimate Player, “reads part of the case documents.
According to The Argentine news website Infobae, the judge accepted a claim made by lawyer Matthias Mora's company, Sattvica, to ma's trademark rights. EA's previous agreement with Stefano Sage, maradona's old friend and former manager, is no longer valid.
Maradona has been used in various games in the FIFA series, including the recently released FIFA 22, and he appears as a Legend card in Ultimate Team mode, which contains versions of various stages of his career.
The controversial Argentine football legend died of a heart attack in November at the age of 60. Mora then took control of the Maradona brand last August. Maradona's surviving children, Diego, Janina, Dalma, Jana and Diego Fernando, have decided to sell part of maradona's estate next month.
Imagine the reaction of someone who paid for a new FIFA Ultimate Team player pack and happened to get Diego Maradona. With 95 Dribbling, 91 shooting and an overall of 95, the late football legend would have been the star man in any team. Now imagine the same person's reaction after EA decides to remove Maradona's FUT card.
Infobae claims to have access to Marcelo Gota, who took the ruling. According to the Google translation, “The precautionary measure is necessary to avoid the use of the designation without a concern for the alleged infringement of trademark rights (…) without a real doubt, to protect the protections of the homologue against the other country.” In regard to Electronic Ars, the precautionary measure was required to cease immediately the use of the indicated brands that, regardless of which way they perform, should they be, have the indicated name under respect.
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