Normal does League of Legends Operator Riot hit the headlines about new player records or that they are suing Chinese copies of their game for copyright infringement. In this case, the facts are the other way around. The world famous footballer Edgar Davids sued Riot over the likeness of the Striker Lucian Skin. Here is a little comparison:

Even the bandana cannot hide the obvious similarity of the hairstyle and the characteristic glasses. A Dutch court has now also upheld Edgar Davids' lawsuit against Riot. In the opinion of the court, the similarity is serious enough and Davids is entitled to a share of the income. Developer Riot was asked to disclose the profits generated by selling the skin. Based on these figures, the court will determine a compensation amount.

Riot's reasoning that the players couldn't confuse the two and the similarity wouldn't be as strong was undermined by a tweet from one of their own staff in 2014:

"For all you wondering, Striker Lucian was inspired by soccer pro Edgar Davids", Riot QA analyst Baconhawk.

Riot has not yet issued an opinion on the ruling

Is League of Legends threatening a wave of lawsuits?

If you look at some of the other skins in League of Legends, the question is whether there could be a wave of lawsuits on Riot. With several skins, the inspirations can be seen at first glance, for example:

Alien invasion Heimerdinger can be clearly assigned to Tim Burton's 1996 film Mars Attacks starring Jack Nicholson:

Rammus vs. Bowser:

Of course, such tributes are very popular with the fans and whether it is a copyright infringement is always a gray area. But if you consider that League of Legends has over 100 million players and what sales are made with such skins, some of the rights holders could now speak out on the originals.

Then rather an official collaboration like the one Riot did on the occasion of the Guillermo del Toro Films Pacific Rim had with the film studio.

And here the skin variant of the champion Aatrox: