Gran Turismo leaves Italian flooring company in the dust

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A US court has thrown out a lawsuit that claimed Gran Turismo infringed the trademark of an Italian flooring company.
Virag, based near Milan, manufactures fancy floors, but it also sponsors car races. And so, its name and logo have appeared in PlayStation 3 racing games Gran Turismo 5 and Gran Turismo 6, specifically on a bridge over the Rally of Monza track.
Virag sued Sony Computer Entertainment in California in 2014, but in August this year a judge threw out most of the claims, saying the First Amendment status of video games as an expressive medium qualified it for protection.
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