OT: Upper Deck and Yu-Gi-Oh

[suicide_squeeze]

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We talked about Upper Deck before and the "game used" card pieces and what a joke those are.

On the UDA side of the hall, they continue to put out some of the finest pieces and announced today for the big dealers a Jack Nicklaus program. I was thinking maybe that is to fill the void for Tiger Woods. They did something similar when they lost Kobe Bryant they brought in Dwayne Wade.

Upper Deck on a whole has so many challenges and the card side with this Yu-Gi-Oh thing is obviously got its work cut out for them.

I can't imagine that there are too many of us on here that are better off today (financially) then we were 5 years ago.

The true fabric of one's makeup is how we deal with the myriad of choices we have in front of us. Upper Deck isn't the 1st company to face financial hardships. You can choose to sell fakes and frauds as so many have or you can persevere along the right paths.

The last 7 years in this industry have been so difficult for dealers because like never before we have had to adapt to the mine field of which athletes are going to morally blow up in our faces. Here's my personal quick list that have turned my stomach and hit my wallet: Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, and Tiger Woods just to name a few.

Sometimes we are the innocent 3rd parties of these athletes issues and the Barry Bonds problem creeped up while the economy was booming so I don't think the 2 are certainly mutually exclusive and more a coincidence of timing.

David, TNTtoys, bigtruck260... and of course Andrew,

+1, all of you

I feel your pain Andrew. If it wasn't so hard to sift through the forgeries, I'd tell you to stick to the "dead" guys. Their stories are told. There ARE no more surprises there. Because today, if you're an athlete, and your breathing air.......every day to come is a potential landmine for all of us, collectors OR dealers.

ivo610.....no offense intended in my comments my friend.

But in a strange way.....everything is connected.

[MSpecht]

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Buy a used copy of Card Sharks for about four bucks and you will be amazed !!!

http://www.amazon.com/Card-Sharks-Hi...3610262&sr=8-1

Mike

[WadeInBmore]

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For those playing along at home, here's a follow up...with details still to follow.

http://beta.beckett.com/group/223464/?tab=tabArticles&p=963166&utm_source=012810hobbyemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Top%20Story#ViewArticle

wade

[allstarsplus]

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Wow, it keeps getting worse for Upper Deck. Now MLB has a lawsuit against them!

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/02/02/mlb-files-trademark-infringement-lawsuit-against-upper-deck/?sms_ss=email

[TriplexXxSports]

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Wow, it keeps getting worse for Upper Deck. Now MLB has a lawsuit against them!

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/02/02/m.../?sms_ss=email

Good Read Andy!

First the Kobe debacle, then Tiger, Yu-Gi-O, and now MLB! Yikes. Seems like some shady business over at UD. At least this one isn't some much of a damaging lawsuit. At least in terms of the financial aspect - only $2.4m -

[joelsabi]

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Good Read Andy!

First the Kobe debacle, then Tiger, Yu-Gi-O, and now MLB! Yikes. Seems like some shady business over at UD. At least this one isn't some much of a damaging lawsuit. At least in terms of the financial aspect - only $2.4m -

Major League Baseball Properties settled its trademark infringement lawsuit against Upper Deck on Wednesday.

MLBP released a statement detailing the non-confidential portions of the agreement on Wednesday evening.

“Our settlement in the case against Upper Deck is a clear and decisive victory for Major League Baseball,” said Ethan Orlinsky, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Major League Baseball Properties. “Upper Deck will be unable to release baseball trading cards that incorporate Major League Baseball’s intellectual property in the future. The real winners today are the millions of fans who collect baseball cards. They will be able to clearly identify official Major League Baseball trading cards without any confusion.”

Here is a summary of the non-confidential portions of the settlement:

– Upper Deck will pay MLB Properties more than $2.4 million (the entire amount in dispute) for Upper Deck’s 2009 debts.

– Upper Deck will pay MLB Properties a substantial sum of money for the unlicensed cards it sold in 2010. The specific sum of that payment is confidential.

– Upper Deck has agreed not to issue any additional releases of infringing cards. Last year it issued 15 baseball card releases and there are currently only three infringing releases that are in distribution in 2010.

– Upper Deck agreed it will not make any new sets of cards using MLB logos, uniforms, trade dress, or Club color combinations.

– Upper Deck also agreed it will not airbrush, alter or block MLB marks in future products.

– Upper Deck must receive approval from MLB for the use of baseball jerseys, pants, jackets, caps, helmets or catcher’s equipment in future products featuring players.

[allstarsplus]

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– Upper Deck agreed it will not make any new sets of cards using MLB logos, uniforms, trade dress, or Club color combinations.

– Upper Deck also agreed it will not airbrush, alter or block MLB marks in future products.

– Upper Deck must receive approval from MLB for the use of baseball jerseys, pants, jackets, caps, helmets or catcher’s equipment in future products featuring players.

Joel - Thanks for the post! This information is amazing as you have to wonder the future of UD in baseball cards.

I also found it interest the prior approval needed for the game used cards.