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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8129125" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>In the <a href="https://dockets.justia.com/docket/washington/wawdce/2:2020cv01700/292726" target="_blank">second lawsuit against WotC in recent weeks</a> (<em>Dragonlance </em>authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragonlances-margaret-weis-tracy-hickman-are-suing-wotc-for-breach-of-contract.675697/" target="_blank">sued the company</a> for breach of contract and other things about a month ago), Gale Force 9 is suing the company for breach of contract and implied duty of good faith.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.gf9.com" target="_blank">Gale Force 9</a> produces miniatures, cards, DM screens, and other D&D accessories. They’re asking for damages of nearly a million dollars, as well as an injunction to prevent WotC from terminating the licensing contract.</p><p></p><p>From the suit, it looks like WotC wanted to end a licensing agreement a year early. When GF9 didn't agree to that, WotC indicated that they would refuse to approve any new licensed products from GF9. It looks like the same sort of approach they took with Weis and Hickman, which also resulted in a lawsuit. The dispute appears to relate to some product translations in non-US markets. More information as I hear it!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128712[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>UPDATE.</strong> GF9's CEO, Jean-Paul Brisigotti, <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/gale-force-9-sues-wotc.676516/" target="_blank">spoke to ICv2 and said</a>: "After twelve years of working with Wizards, we find ourselves in a difficult place having to utilize the legal system to try and resolve an issue we have spent the last six months trying to amicably handle between us without any success. We still hope this can be settled between us but the timeline for a legal resolution has meant we have been forced to go down this path at this time."</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]128710[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 8129125, member: 1"] In the [URL='https://dockets.justia.com/docket/washington/wawdce/2:2020cv01700/292726']second lawsuit against WotC in recent weeks[/URL] ([I]Dragonlance [/I]authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragonlances-margaret-weis-tracy-hickman-are-suing-wotc-for-breach-of-contract.675697/']sued the company[/URL] for breach of contract and other things about a month ago), Gale Force 9 is suing the company for breach of contract and implied duty of good faith. [URL='https://www.gf9.com']Gale Force 9[/URL] produces miniatures, cards, DM screens, and other D&D accessories. They’re asking for damages of nearly a million dollars, as well as an injunction to prevent WotC from terminating the licensing contract. From the suit, it looks like WotC wanted to end a licensing agreement a year early. When GF9 didn't agree to that, WotC indicated that they would refuse to approve any new licensed products from GF9. It looks like the same sort of approach they took with Weis and Hickman, which also resulted in a lawsuit. The dispute appears to relate to some product translations in non-US markets. More information as I hear it! [ATTACH type="full" alt="82F5CC89-D584-42F3-9D27-E35366456FAD.jpeg"]128712[/ATTACH] [B]UPDATE.[/B] GF9's CEO, Jean-Paul Brisigotti, [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/gale-force-9-sues-wotc.676516/']spoke to ICv2 and said[/URL]: "After twelve years of working with Wizards, we find ourselves in a difficult place having to utilize the legal system to try and resolve an issue we have spent the last six months trying to amicably handle between us without any success. We still hope this can be settled between us but the timeline for a legal resolution has meant we have been forced to go down this path at this time." [ATTACH type="full" alt="GF9_Logo_Starfield.jpg"]128710[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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