Upper Deck Forged Over 500,000 Yu-Gi-Oh Cards

Woah... just woah.

Upper Deck has always been a company whose products we carry under duress. A few years back I had the displeasure to interact with some of thier reps and came away from the experience feeling like they weren't a company that we wanted to support. Unfortunately, we also have to support our customers so we have periodically carried things that they make due to popular demand.

My experiences always led me to believe that the company might possibly be capable of doing something like this.

Upper Deck Forged Over 500,000 Yu-Gi-Oh Cards -

A California court slammed Upper Deck for forging over 500,000 Yu-Gi-Oh cards and distributing them to Vintage Sports Cards to repackage. Apparently, Upper Deck did this – after losing the Yu-Gi-Oh license to Konami – as a deliberate form of mutually assured destruction.

The court found that UD forged cards, violated trademark, infringed copyright, breached contract, and slandered. The court also refused to limit UD’s liability.

Damages will be assessed in a trial later this month. Nice knowing you, Upper Deck.

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[Purple Pawn]