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WWE Wrestler Booker T Loses a Copyright Lawsuit to Activision
Professional wrestler Booker T. Huffman just discovered Activision is one opponent that doesn’t submit easily. The WWE Hall of Famer has lost his lawsuit against the publisher after a jury decided Call of Duty character David “Prophet” Wilkes is not based upon G.I. Bro, a character from Huffman’s early wrestling career.
It was back in February 2019 when Huffman launched a lawsuit against Activision over claims that the Prophet character from Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was unlicensed use of his own G.I. Bro persona.
The lawsuit centered on a poster Huffman commission for his 2015 comic G.I. Bro and the Dragon of Death. There does appear to be some resemblance between the two, as you can see in the images below.
