In November 2006, stand-up comedian Matt Geiler made a video that quickly became viral. In it, he danced in a black suit and a halloween pumpkin mask. These movements hit Fortnite as the recently added Pump It Up emotion.
After that, Matt Geyler and a consulting company Sick picnic media sent a letter to Epic Games demanding to remove emotion due to the portrait resemblance to the author: the character who performs it temporarily turns his head into a pumpkin lantern.
Now, the creators of Fortnite are asking the New York Federal Court to confirm that their dance emotion does not infringe on Matt Geiler’s copyrights or trademark rights. And at the same time, make a declarative decision on the violation and collect from Geller the fees and expenses of lawyers.
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