D&D General Gale Force 9 v WotC Lawsuit Settled

Not long after the Weis & Hickman lawsuit against WotC was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, the suit brought by GF9 against the company has also been settled and dismissed at the request of both parties, according to ICv2 -- (the original suit asked for nearly $1M to go to Gale Force 9) -- and a continuation of the partnership between the two companies.

In both lawsuits WotC had sought to end a licensing agreement. According to ICv2, an original ruling on GF9's request for a restraining order favoured WotC; however the two companies have settled nevertheless.

GF9 told ICv2 "We are pleased to confirm that we have reached an amicable resolution with Wizards of the Coast. Our ongoing partnership for Dungeons & Dragons will continue and more news will follow at a later date."

 

[PirateSwayze]

@TheSword according to this article, there wasn't any money in the settlement: Gale Force Nine, Wizards of the Coast Settle

The case was permanently dismissed in federal court Monday at the request of the two companies with no award of fees or costs to either party. The lawsuit, which Gale Force Nine filed in November, sought to prevent WotC from terminating GF9’s licenses to produce Dungeons & Dragons products, an award of $950,000, fees, and other remedies

 

[TheSword]

@TheSword according to this article, there wasn't any money in the settlement: Gale Force Nine, Wizards of the Coast Settle

I know, that’s what I just said. The write up above says nearly $1m went to GF9

 

[Morrus]

Just a fact check... where does it say GF9 were awarded nearly $1m?

The article states that they requested that in their original suit, not that they settled at that figure.

I would be highly surprised if they did settle at that, as this was the full amount they were suing for.

Yep, you're right!

 

[TheSword]

Yep, you're right!

To be fair I read it that way first too, and my eyes dropped out.

 

[vpuigdoller]

I hope this means they are going to fix thier issues with translations in other markets. They have lots of unhappy customers.

Agreed, for starters can Latin America get the Spanish version of the books without having to import them at exorbitant costs from Spain.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I wish to know if the translations will can continue. I am awaiting the Spanish version of Moderkainen's tome of foes.

 

[Eltab]

I also hope this means that translation (with good-quality standards) and production can resume.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I also didn't get a million dollars.

 

[Professor Murder]

So more spell cards in the near future?

 

[collin]

I hope more spell cards. I would like to see the Tasha's Cauldron spell cards. As strange as it sounds, I have found their spell cards to be very helpful, especially when I am the DM.