From the Wizards of the Coast Website
Today Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:
HAS), filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the
Western District of Washington against Cryptozoic Entertainment, LLC and
its alter ego, Hex Entertainment, LLC (collectively, “Cryptozoic”), for
willful infringement of intellectual property rights.
Cryptozoic
develops and publishes the digital trading card game, Hex: Shards of
Fate, a clone of the world famous tabletop collectable trading card
game, Magic: The Gathering®, and its digital expressions, Magic Online®
and the Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers® franchise.
“Hasbro
and Wizards of the Coast vigorously protect our intellectual property.
This infringement suit against Cryptozoic demonstrates that while we
appreciate a robust and thriving trading card game industry, we will not
permit the misappropriation of our intellectual property” said Barbara
Finigan, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Hasbro. “We
attempted to resolve this issue, but Cryptozoic was unwilling to settle
the matter.”
The suit includes claims for copyright, patent and trade dress infringement.
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