Tesla hosted an event to introduce its new autonomous cybertaxi and shared several images during the event. Film and television studio Alcon Entertainmenton the grounds that images from the film Blade Runner 2049 were used to promote the vehicle. To Tesla and Warner Bros. has filed a lawsuit.

In California Federal Court In the filed lawsuit, Alcon alleged that the two companies violated the U.S. Copyright Act and that Tesla engaged in deceptive advertising by pretending to be affiliated with Alcon. Alcon Entertainment did not fail to blame Musk in its petition to the court.

‘Erratic and random behavior must be taken into account’

Stated in the petition “Any sensible brand, Tesla Partnership EvaluationWe must take into account Elon Musk’s highly exaggerated, highly politicized, erratic and arbitrary behavior, which at times escalates to hate speech.” While the phrase attracts attention, Tesla or Warner Bros. has not yet issued a statement on the matter.

Warner Bros., starring Ryan Gosling And Harrison Ford He was the distributor of the production in which he participated. The production, the sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner, won two Oscars in 2018.

Alcon’s Warner Brothers. The reason for involving the company in the case was the company’s request to use the footage from the Blade Runner film for Tesla’s event. Although Alcon rejected this request, it invited Warner Bros and Tesla “By creating film-like images with artificial intelligence” accuses him of circumventing this negative answer.

In the statement of the plaintiff company, the conduct of the defendants “Alcon’s ‘Blade Runner’ brand partners include the upcoming ‘Blade Runner 2099’ series for Amazon Prime likely to cause confusion” was expressed.