DougLaurieSports
Verified Trader,
Dude, put this in a new thread -- this is worth talking about in and of itself.
UD vs. Konami Lawsuit
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Dude, put this in a new thread -- this is worth talking about in and of itself.
Silvoman
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Worthy of note, people are saying McWilliam plead the fifth, but if you check the court documents, that’s not true. He did give testimony.
meatmancgy
Verified Trader ,
The New York Post article said that... do you have a link to the documents?
meatmancgy
Verified Trader ,
That would be awesome, Mike.
Ugh... once again, forgot about them. Will package them this weekend and send to you Monday. Sorry man! :|
blindros88
Verified Trader,
You can give testimony and still plead the 5th. In fact, pleading the 5th must occur on the record. He likely answered many questions, except for those critical to the issue of the unlicensed cards.
People are pleading the 5th because Copyright infringement in both a criminal and civil offense. Anything that gets into the official court record can then be admitted against them in a subsequent criminal case for copyright infringement.
cardz1976
Verified Trader
You can see McWilliams pulling the Nixon...flashing the peace signs while saying "i'm not a crook"
meatmancgy
Verified Trader ,
I was hoping to have someone at the courthouse today, but don't think that's worked out. I'm in touch with the NY Post to get an update as soon as they hear.
steen101984
Verified Trader
Thanks Bruce i was hoping to find this info somewhere
jonpop
Banned User
Panini for hockey? They are producing the worst junk out there.
DXFlyers
Registered Trader
So today is the trial as to how much will UD pay Konami....how long will this take, few hours, days, etc?
Stadium Sports
Verified Trader,
Have you even seen their Basketball products?
meatmancgy
Verified Trader ,
Correct... I thought today was a judgement day, but it's the start of the trial where the court will determine, based on evidence, the level of damages UD will have to pay. Could be a day, could be a month. Who knows.
dahabsfan
Verified Trader,
I agree, Panini is the absolute last outfit I would wanna see producing hockey. We'd be stuck with 14 releases of Artifacts ever year with them at the helm.
Darren
bprice
Lurker
The trial starts today and Konami has 15 witnesses on their list with 14 other names as potential witnesses.
Not sure how long the trial will take but it certainly won't be over in a couple of days unless the parties settle.
Not sure how long the trial will take but it certainly won't be over in a couple of days unless the parties settle.
DXFlyers
Registered Trader
I bet UD is wishing they had your lawyers right now....at least what you did, you were careful not to break the NHL trademark barriers.
blindros88
Verified Trader,
I don't think who the attorney here is matters. What happened here is a classic case of the client doing whatever the client wants. No amount of hand-holding by the attorney could have prevented this. In fact, I would say that a great amount of effort was expended to prevent the attorneys from finding out. As a business and entertainment attorney I cannot think of a single instance when I would give a client the advice of "sure, go ahead and print some stuff in China and not tell the rights owner. I'm sure the money saved will be worth it in end."
Triple B
Verified Trader,
Here's to ya, Richard McGreedy.
cardz1976
Verified Trader
I wonder how long it took him to start hiding all his assets so when they claim bankruptcy it's not a total loss for him.
There is a report of a settlement. According to the article, the first payment is due Friday and the last one in March
DXFlyers
Registered Trader
Called it 20 days ago. If UD can pay this setlement off by March, then the settlement is not much at all.
