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This is something Liquid had lying around, so with his permission, I bring you...some more old news (heh, an oxymoron):
Pelican Sue Madcatz
Posted on 10/02/2003
Two periphial companies are at it head to head in this latest law suit from the gaming legal world. Pelican are suing Madcatz for allegedly stealing cheat codes and the like. Madcatz are also in ownership of Interact's G*******k - which went against Pelican previously. Pelican say that secret deals were taking place to make Madcatz the only successful bidder to the G*******k trademark.
Pelican Accessories, a developer of video game peripherals, filed suit in Superior Court today against competing peripheral developer Mad Catz alleging that Mad Catz conspired with cheat code content provider Fire International to misappropriate Pelican Accessories? proprietary game enhancement encryption codes. The suit also charges Mad Catz and Fire with conspiracy to defraud Pelican Accessories in connection with Mad Catz? recent acquisition of the GAME SHARK trademark from Interact.
Pelican Accessories? Complaint presents a laundry list of claims against Mad Catz, Fire International and its principal shareholder, Jason Cooper, for a series of ? bad acts.? According to the Complaint, Fire and Pelican Accessories participated in a joint venture for over two years in connection with the promotion and development of the CODEBREAKER line of game enhancement products in the United States. Using confidential information it gained from its fiduciary relationship with Pelican Accessories, Fire is alleged to have disclosed confidential bid information to Mad Catz, thereby allowing it to become the successful bidder for the GAME SHARK trademark. In addition, the suit alleges that Mad Catz and Fire had been negotiating ?under the table? for months while Fire was representing to Pelican Accessories that the business relationship between Fire and Pelican was solid and exclusive.
Chris Richards, Pelican Accessories? President, declined to comment further on the details of the serious allegations leveled at Mad Catz and Fire in the Complaint. However, Mr. Richards did say that Pelican Accessories would soon be filing a Motion for Preliminary Injunction to stop Mad Catz from introducing its GAME SHARK line of products based upon trade secrets misappropriated from Pelican. Mr. Richards also pointed out that retailers who decide to risk carrying the new GAME SHARK products containing proprietary trade secrets from Pelican Accessories may be asked to remove those products from their shelves in the near future.
As far as new content for CODEBREAKER PRODUCTS, Chris Richards reported that Pelican Accessories has already created its own in-house content development group, which will exponentially increase its speed to market with new CODEBREAKER products. Richards added that the unprecedented level of unethical behavior by Mad Catz and Fire left Pelican with no alternative but to take this legal action. He said his company?s Board of Directors is intent on exposing all the facts related to Mad Catz? interference with a two year joint venture between Fire and Pelican.
Source: N-Philes
Pelican Sue Madcatz
Posted on 10/02/2003
Two periphial companies are at it head to head in this latest law suit from the gaming legal world. Pelican are suing Madcatz for allegedly stealing cheat codes and the like. Madcatz are also in ownership of Interact's G*******k - which went against Pelican previously. Pelican say that secret deals were taking place to make Madcatz the only successful bidder to the G*******k trademark.
Pelican Accessories, a developer of video game peripherals, filed suit in Superior Court today against competing peripheral developer Mad Catz alleging that Mad Catz conspired with cheat code content provider Fire International to misappropriate Pelican Accessories? proprietary game enhancement encryption codes. The suit also charges Mad Catz and Fire with conspiracy to defraud Pelican Accessories in connection with Mad Catz? recent acquisition of the GAME SHARK trademark from Interact.
Pelican Accessories? Complaint presents a laundry list of claims against Mad Catz, Fire International and its principal shareholder, Jason Cooper, for a series of ? bad acts.? According to the Complaint, Fire and Pelican Accessories participated in a joint venture for over two years in connection with the promotion and development of the CODEBREAKER line of game enhancement products in the United States. Using confidential information it gained from its fiduciary relationship with Pelican Accessories, Fire is alleged to have disclosed confidential bid information to Mad Catz, thereby allowing it to become the successful bidder for the GAME SHARK trademark. In addition, the suit alleges that Mad Catz and Fire had been negotiating ?under the table? for months while Fire was representing to Pelican Accessories that the business relationship between Fire and Pelican was solid and exclusive.
Chris Richards, Pelican Accessories? President, declined to comment further on the details of the serious allegations leveled at Mad Catz and Fire in the Complaint. However, Mr. Richards did say that Pelican Accessories would soon be filing a Motion for Preliminary Injunction to stop Mad Catz from introducing its GAME SHARK line of products based upon trade secrets misappropriated from Pelican. Mr. Richards also pointed out that retailers who decide to risk carrying the new GAME SHARK products containing proprietary trade secrets from Pelican Accessories may be asked to remove those products from their shelves in the near future.
As far as new content for CODEBREAKER PRODUCTS, Chris Richards reported that Pelican Accessories has already created its own in-house content development group, which will exponentially increase its speed to market with new CODEBREAKER products. Richards added that the unprecedented level of unethical behavior by Mad Catz and Fire left Pelican with no alternative but to take this legal action. He said his company?s Board of Directors is intent on exposing all the facts related to Mad Catz? interference with a two year joint venture between Fire and Pelican.
Source: N-Philes
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