Gone. Diego Maradona is not included in FIFA 22.
The Federal Civil and Commercial Court No. 8 has been resolved in the last few hours not to allow an appeal filed by the software company EA Sports and not only did the Justice sanction uphold the signature, but Diego Maradona’s letter would no longer appear in the FIFA 22 game.
The trial began last year when Stefano Ceci, an Italian friend of Diez, signed a contract with EA Sports that gave him the use of Maradona’s image to use it in various modalities of the popular video game. However, that letter has no legal validity since it was dismissed by the Argentine justice system.
Sattvica SA. The company that owns the Maradona brand, led by Matías Morla, filed an appeal so that Maradona’s image and brand could not be used and after a series of appeals, the court issued its judgment, accepting Maradona’s request. Morla. and excluding EA Sports and Ceci from the possibility of showing Diego in the video game.
Diego Maradona of FIFA 22.
“We are now waiting for EA Sports to contact Sattvica to be able, within the legal framework, to include Maradona back in the game. We know there are millions of fans who want Diego to be in the video game, but for that there needs to be a formal communication with the company that has not happened until now ”, confirmed Mauricio D’Alessandro, lawyer of Sattvica SA.
The ruling record is that both EA Sports and Ceci have been able to make their defenses but they do not constitute legality nor does it constitute ownership.
“In accordance with the requirements mentioned above, the defenses that said party was unable to challenge or the evidence that it could not offer were not cited, because in the letter of 03.17.22, Dr. Giay was presented as Electronic Arts Inc.. And filed a retraction with an appeal of the subsidy and raised the revocation of the subsidy notice.Based on the considerations set forth and because of the need to obtain proper and firm actions, the procedural nullities has a restrictive interpretation, which should not result in the nullity demanded, ”the letter said.
Therefore, the issue in question was resolved in a new court decision giving Sattvica ownership of Diego Maradona’s brand and image. Therefore, EA Sports is prohibited from taking any action in this matter in terms of Diego’s presence on its platforms.
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Source: Clarin