Friday, 23 November 2007
A trial date has been set for the copyright infringement case between Florida inventor Michael Faessler and the US Playing Card Company, one of the largest makers of playing cards.
A trial date has been set for the copyright infringement case between Florida inventor Michael Faessler and the US Playing Card Company, one of the largest makers of playing cards. The two parties will go to the courts on January 14th 2008. Faessler’s case against the USPC was filed back in September 2005, and accuses the USPC of nine counts of infringements for possible statutory damages of up to $1.35m. The Florida inventor claims that four registered copyrights, one for each set of designs he created, are being violated. Faessler had previously sold his line of Military Playing Cards to military PXs between 1995 and 2001 and then saw that business superseded when the USPC launched its Patriotic Playing Cards line. Faessler claims that the USPC became aware of his role with PX in 1998 and began to target his lines. Faessler returned to his duties in 2001 to then see the USPC successfully enter the PX market with the Patriotic Playing Cards line. The USPC’s design bears some similarities to Faesslers’ which are predominantly themed decks using military insignias in place of suit ‘pips’. The US Playing Card company had filed a pre-trial motion to dismiss, which was successfully repelled by Faessler. He now seeks compensation in the planned jury trial, and will also look to target the military PXs in another action in the future.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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