On January 18, 2010 we mentioned that Carlsbadistan based trading card company Upper Deck was being sued by Konami Digital Entertainment for “counterfeiting” Yu-Ge-Oh! cards (which it settled for “mulit-millions” of dollars according to the NY Post). Now we learn that Major League Baseball also has some issues with the company, according to The Canadian Press.
Major League Baseball Properties Inc. filed a trademark lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against The Upper Deck Co. Inc. on Monday in federal court in Manhattan. . . The lawsuit said Upper Deck is continuing to sell baseball cards featuring professional baseball players even though the company is no longer licensed to show MLB trademarks. Major League Baseball Properties began this year to license only The Topps Co. Inc. in a bid to increase its revenues from the cards.
Hypothetically speaking, if you can cut out a few licensing fees and trading cards probably get very profitable.
[Link: Canadian Press]
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