Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

October 9, 2008

By way of the Courthouse News Service, we've learned that publisher Konami has sued a company by the name of Vintage Sports Cards. Although there have been a number of video games in the series, at issue is Konami Yu-Gi-Oh! card game.

Vintage Sports Cards is selling repackaged Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards with counterfeit "rare cards," Konami Corp. says in a trademark and copyright complaint in Los Angeles Federal Court. The cards are based on manga, or comic books, which are wildly popular in Japan.

GP: The complaint has not yet been posted on the federal docketing system, but we'll add it when it appears.

Comments

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by CyberSkull on Sat, 10/11/2008 - 01:15.

Actually, the comics and others are all based on the cards. Everything is designed to sell the card packs.

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by Chuma on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 05:30.

Whatever you think of Konami or Yu-Gi-Oh, this is a cast iron case.  I expect this one to be settled out of court rather than Vintage Sports Cards lose any more money on legal fees defending the indefensible.

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by majintahu on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 15:24.

I work for a store that does similar things. we do buy/sell/trade on games, dvds, as well as toys and cards.

we have a huge ass box of yugioh cards in the back. we stick about fifteen of them, with at least on rare card, in a plasctic snap case and sell them for a dollar each as "mystery packs."

sometimes, booleg cards get thrown in because the peron putting them in is ignorant of the game. and there is always someone who buys the cards in, thinking they are rare "japanese" cards, because we also take import games, and they usually sell for more.

I've been trying to weed these cards out, but they always seem to show up.

I'm curious to see if the defendants in this case use a similar claim.

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by Alex on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 13:25.

"How are we going to defeat a real monster?"

"The same way we do everything on this show: By using children's trading cards!"
---
I'm not under the affluence of incohol as some thinkle peep I am. I'm not half as thunk as you might drink. I fool so feelish I don't know who is me, and the drunker I stand here, the longer I get.


---
I'm not under the affluence of incohol as some thinkle peep I am. I'm not half as thunk as you might drink. I fool so feelish I don't know who is me, and the drunker I stand here, the longer I get.

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by Father Time on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 15:27.

Wow we just acquired a rare monster what are we gonna do with him?

Same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world.

----------------------------------------------------

God created alcohol so that the Scottish and the Irish could never take over the world. -Chris 'Jedi' Knight

---------------------------------------------------- Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by Shadow Darkman ... on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 06:53.

ROFLCOPTER LEGENDARY Win!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I AM DOOMED TO HAUNT JACK THOMPSON'S DREAMS UNTIL HIS CRUSADE AGAINST VIDEO GAMES ENDS.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I AM DOOMED TO HAUNT JACK THOMPSON'S DREAMS UNTIL HIS CRUSADE AGAINST VIDEO GAMES ENDS.

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by Ragnaar on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 12:26.

Two words: Life Line.

For those that need the explanation: Life Line was a game that used voice as the main control... except the voice recognition system was deplorable... so half the time, the main character didn't do or look at what you asked her to.  It was published by... you guessed it... Konami.

@ MaskedPixelante

> Turn on lamp

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by JustChris on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 13:37.

As one reviewer put it: "You pay $50 to talk to a woman that ignores you, when I can already do that for cheaper in bars and clubs".

GameSnooper

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by MaskedPixelante on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 11:55.

Oh please, bringing 5Ds Wheelie Breakers over to the US instead of Tag Force 3 is a much bigger controversey. No one wants to play Mario Kart with cards, people.

---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

---You are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

Re: Konami Sues Over Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards

Submitted by King of Fiji on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 11:47.

I say they should sue themselves over participating in the long and dreaded practice known as franchise milking.

 
Forgot your password?
Username :
Password :

Shout box

You're not permitted to post shouts.
ZippyDSMlee: Something I did by hand on my convertiable laptop, http://zippydsmlee.deviantart.com/art/Cotlop-zelda-unfinished-sketch-WIP-finish-373937163 forgot if I posted it befor.06/19/2013 - 7:44pm
Conster: Also, I guess The War Z changed its name so they can scam some more people?06/19/2013 - 7:44pm
Conster: AE: when even HuffPo makes the same joke, it's not something you want to take credit for. :P06/19/2013 - 7:43pm
Andrew Eisen: Hey look! The War Z changed its name to Infestation: Survivor Stories. http://infestationmmo.com/06/19/2013 - 7:23pm
Andrew Eisen: You're going to have a lot of company in prison, RedMage. Most of the internet has stolen MY joke. Bastards!06/19/2013 - 7:06pm
RedMage: The cover art thing points to an industry trend of only wanting to appeal to teen boys despite the talk of "broadening the appealz"06/19/2013 - 6:17pm
RedMage: I'd like to turn myself in for unintentional theft of a joke. Ignorance of the law is no excuse :o06/19/2013 - 6:17pm
Andrew Eisen: Remember the fight to get Last of Us's Ellie on the game cover? Check this out: http://cheezburger.com/758618624006/19/2013 - 6:12pm
Andrew Eisen: RedMage - Thief! You stole my joke! You're a horrible, loathesome person! Or you simply had the same idea and didn't read my earlier shout!06/19/2013 - 5:35pm
RedMage: Maybe they're going to rename it the Xbox 18006/19/2013 - 5:26pm
IanC: Bet EA are pissed.06/19/2013 - 5:17pm
Andrew Eisen: Ah, James is just a little quicker on the keyboard than I!06/19/2013 - 5:07pm
Craig R.: Too little, too late.06/19/2013 - 4:52pm
DorthLous: PWAHAHAHAH, the MS spinning sound woke me up :)06/19/2013 - 4:27pm
Andrew Eisen: Microsoft's new console shall now be known as the Xbox One-Eighty.06/19/2013 - 4:17pm
Andrew Eisen: I imagine we were typing our respective shouts at the same time.06/19/2013 - 4:14pm
MaskedPixelante: So Andrew... is there going to be a new poll now? I mean, the one about the XBO DRM is kinda no longer relevant.06/19/2013 - 4:13pm
Andrew Eisen: In light of Xbox One's furious backpeddling on its DRM policies, I'm closing the poll for now. I'll probably write a new one later today or tomorrow.06/19/2013 - 4:11pm
IanC: Found three people whining about this so far. Saying that its because of cheapasses and that its going to be horrible online now. W T and indeed F.06/19/2013 - 4:09pm
Andrew Eisen: Technogeek - I agree but: "After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again." Why do I need to connect online to set up a system I'm not going to use online?06/19/2013 - 4:07pm
All shouts
 

Be Heard - Contact Your Politician