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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 8588037" data-attributes="member: 6669048">This is pure speculation on my part, but I think it's &quot;in for a penny, in for a pound&quot;. If they lose the countersuit, the company's going to go bankrupt. The judgment will likely include all profits made from use of the disputed trademarks (which is literally everything TSR LLC sells and includes the IndieGoGo) plus Wizards of the Coast's legal fees (which their law firm is not cheap). So they'll likely owe more money than the company has. At this point, might as well just go all-in on the infringement because the punishment can't get any worse. Of course the snag in that particular plan is that Justin LaNasa has been named as a defendant in the countersuit personally. Which means they can go after any personal assets he has - bank accounts, stocks, vehicles, real estate - to pay the court judgment against him. Normally an LLC shields you from that sort of liability (that's why it's called an LLC - &quot;limited liability&quot;), but being named personally in the suit ruins that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 8588037, member: 6669048"] This is pure speculation on my part, but I think it's "in for a penny, in for a pound". If they lose the countersuit, the company's going to go bankrupt. The judgment will likely include all profits made from use of the disputed trademarks (which is literally everything TSR LLC sells and includes the IndieGoGo) plus Wizards of the Coast's legal fees (which their law firm is [I]not [/I]cheap). So they'll likely owe more money than the company has. At this point, might as well just go all-in on the infringement because the punishment can't get any worse. Of course the snag in that particular plan is that Justin LaNasa has been named as a defendant in the countersuit personally. Which means they can go after any personal assets he has - bank accounts, stocks, vehicles, real estate - to pay the court judgment against him. Normally an LLC shields you from that sort of liability (that's why it's called an LLC - "limited liability"), but being named personally in the suit ruins that. [/QUOTE]

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