Supreme Court lets decision stand in EA’s $11M Madden copycat case

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to reinstate a San Francisco federal jury’s verdict of $11 million in damages and interest to the programmer of the original “John Madden Football” video game, who accused the marketer of copying his work in later versions of the best-selling game.

Jurors awarded nearly $4 million in damages and more than $7 million in interest in July 2013 to programmer Robin Antonick, who sued Electronic Arts Inc. for allegedly copying his programming in games sold from 1990 through 1996.