Pokemon company sues fan for unofficial Pokemon party

[Samus Aran]

Aeolus451 said:

Samus Aran said:

Aeolus451 said:
If anything he was promoting the pokemon IP and instead should be paid four grand by the pokemon company. Why did they bother to do this when most likely this will only be negative PR for pokemon...

"Kid gets drunk at official Pokémon party"

"Drug dealer arrested at official Pokémon party"

You're not allowed to make money from licensed trademarks. It's that simple. You have to be an idiot to think you're allowed to ask admission fees for a franchise you don't own the rights of.

This case is merely to set an example.

"Pokemon company sues loyal fan who organized unofficial pokemon events" The four thousand is not worth the negative PR. It's that simple.

The two dollars he charged per person were for the giveaways and DJ. He's not making money off of any "admission fees". I'm sure he's making money from the customers buying other non-pokemon related things. 

How many hobby shops organize those card games and charge some kind of money for it or the prizes? Countless. This is a case of a company shitting on a fan.

They should of let it slide because they gain nothing by stopping it versus letting it keep going and no bad PR.

Lol, Pokémon is a way too big franchise to be even remotely damaged by this. He says he's not making any money, you're hearing the story only from his point of view. Of course he's going to play victim.

If Pokémon can get away with releasing the same game over and over again for 20 years than this is no problem either.