zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
Call Of Duty Is Allowed To Play With AM General's Iconic Humvee: Judge
Call Of Duty Is Allowed To Play With AM General's Iconic Humvee: Judge-August 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:43

Image for article titled Call Of Duty Is Allowed To Play With AM General's Iconic Humvee: Judge

A big three-year legal battle between the studio behind the popular video game franchise and AM General, the maker of the U.S. military’s , has been settled in favor of the gaming studio. If you send your cars to war, it’s only fair they can be depicted in video games.

Filed under things that absolutely Do Not Matter given recent global events, AM General has lost its lawsuit over the unlicensed portrayal of its vehicles in video games, a judge has ruled.

For the judge, it came down to the element of realism the Humvees assisted, considering the video games were dealing with real entities like the U.S. military. It’s just a matter of being accurate. Here’s more from :

District court Judge George Daniels wrote that Activision’s games passed the “Rogers test,” referring to on the use of trademarked names in artistic works. “It was metaphysically possible for [Activision] to have produced video games without the presence of Humvees,” Daniels says. But they increase Call of Duty’s feeling of realism and serve a purpose beyond simply trading on the Humvee brand. “If realism is an artistic goal, then the presence in modern warfare games of vehicles employed by actual militaries undoubtedly furthers that goal.”

Moreover, Call of Duty beats the that determine whether a trademark’s use will confuse consumers. “Put simply, [AM General’s] purpose in using its mark is to sell vehicles to militaries, while [Activision’s] purpose is to create realistically simulating modern warfare video games for purchase by consumers.”

Obviously, if you sat down to play your favorite murder simulator to distract yourselves from the horrors of reality, and the car you crawled into was , you would no longer be fooled into thinking you were mimicking real war.

The judge also determined there was no risk of consumers getting confused between AM General’s business and Activision’s, the studio that produces the Call of Duty franchise. There’s zero risk of AM General’s target customer, the militaries of the world, confusing Activision for the automaker.

It doesn’t sound like AM General had much of a case, other than attempting to prevent 12-year-olds from seeing the horrible things the automaker’s vehicles facilitate.

That being said, games like Battlefield Hardline, Grand Theft Auto, and even Call of Duty’s own Warzone Battle Royale game mode have players climbing in all sorts of random vehicles that aren’t realistic at all.

Even if I was playing a World War One game and there was a pink Smart car, I’d drive the pink Smart car. It doesn’t matter.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?
2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?
At long last, we are about to get behind the wheel of for the first time. Sure, , and sure, , and sure , but hey — what can you do? Anyway, before we get behind the wheel of this three-row electric beast, we want to know what you...
Aug 11, 2025
I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened
I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened
I have two automotive loves: The first is the Miata, the second is off-road racing. For a while I raced air-cooled Volkswagens in the deserts of California and Nevada and I was lucky enough to co-drive in a class 11 stock bug in the Baja 1000 a few years...
Aug 11, 2025
I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars
I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars
I love tiny, of . I have a that is roughly half the size of a normal cat, and she’s perfect. I own a 2013 , which is like the miniature version of a normal-sized vehicle (at least here in Texas) — but beyond that, I also own a Hot...
Aug 11, 2025
Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10
Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10
MotorWeek’s is some of the on the internet. The long-running automotive news magazine has a treasure trove of tests after being on the air for over 40 years. Where else can you find detailed instrumented testing of long-forgotten cars like the or a ? MotorWeek’s recent Retro Review upload is...
Aug 11, 2025
Subaru Had It Right All Along
Subaru Had It Right All Along
When first came to the United States, it sold small funky cars that were decidedly un-American. As the company grew its own identity and became more established in the U.S., it became the first automaker to offer an all-wheel-drive passenger car in 1975. Subaru was also an early-adopter of...
Aug 11, 2025
Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World
Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World
closed its São Bernardo Plant in November 2023, marking the end of its first overseas production facility. The closure caps off a period of continuous car production in São Paolo, , lasting over 60 years. The plant was home to a Komatsu 700-ton press that predates itself. And now...
Aug 11, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved