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CBS and Netflix successfully defended itself on an appeal of a copyright infringement lawsuit. 1 / 9

The suit had previously been dismissed in lower court, arguing that Star Trek Discover had infringed on an unreleased video game. 2 / 9

The video game creator appealed and the Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's decision. 3 / 9

The case was about a video game about giant space tardigrades, microscopic creatures on Earth. 4 / 9

In a plotline in Season 1 of Discovery, the crew also discovers a giant space tardigrade. 5 / 9

It was able to be used to activate and control the spore drive on the ship to teleport the Discovery. 6 / 9

When she discovered that it was hurting the tardigrade, Specialist Burnham freed the creature. 7 / 9

The court ruled that, since it was a known fact that tardigrades can survive in outer space, it was not a novel idea to do a video game about giant tardigrades that can live in space. 8 / 9

And since no other parts of the plot were similar, there was no copyright infringement. The idea of a giant space tartigrade was "upcopyrightable." 9 / 9