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. After discovering this and several court proceedings, Konami had terminated Upper Deck as its distributor. Upper Deck had responded by threatening to counter-sue 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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