Tokyo Broadcaster Challenges ABC's Wipeout

In late 2008, Japanese broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against ABC, calling its obstacle-course game show Wipeout "a blatant copycat" of programs such as Takeshi's Castle and Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. The broadcaster alleged that Wipeout violated copyrights connected to Takeshi's Castle and Ninja Warrior, and it later sued the show's Dutch producer, Endemol. After the companies met with a federal magistrate judge in Los Angeles, they settled the case in 2011, without publicly filing the settlement terms.

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