MLB Properties sues Donruss Playoff over trademark use

cgilmo · Jan 27, 2009

Chris Olds at beckett broke the following story.

http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/0 ... emark-use/

MLB Properties sues Donruss Playoff over trademark use

flightposite · Jan 27, 2009

Was just going to ask if anything had been done about this in the Panini thread (for Topps & UD maybe doing it if Donruss got away with it in baseball). Should be interesting to see how this ends up.

I think we can conclude one thing from it already, Donruss won't be getting a license from the MLB any time soon.

cgilmo · Jan 27, 2009

flightposite said:
Was just going to ask if anything had been done about this in the Panini thread (for Topps & UD maybe doing it if Donruss got away with it in baseball). Should be interesting to see how this ends up.

I think we can conclude one thing from it already, Donruss won't be getting a license from the MLB any time soon.

I don't see it ever happening.

ThoseBackPages · Jan 27, 2009

Glad to hear it.

ru4scuba · Jan 27, 2009

This is disappointing news.

flightposite · Jan 27, 2009

cgilmo said:
flightposite said:

Was just going to ask if anything had been done about this in the Panini thread (for Topps & UD maybe doing it if Donruss got away with it in baseball). Should be interesting to see how this ends up.

I think we can conclude one thing from it already, Donruss won't be getting a license from the MLB any time soon.

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I don't see it ever happening.

Kind of the point I was trying to make. Could Donruss have a leg to stand on about MLB giving Topps & UD a Monopoly? Sort of what Donruss and Fleer first went through in the 70's & 80's to originally get in business?

cgilmo · Jan 27, 2009

flightposite said:
cgilmo said:

flightposite said:

Was just going to ask if anything had been done about this in the Panini thread (for Topps & UD maybe doing it if Donruss got away with it in baseball). Should be interesting to see how this ends up.

I think we can conclude one thing from it already, Donruss won't be getting a license from the MLB any time soon.

Click to expand...

I don't see it ever happening.

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Kind of the point I was trying to make. Could Donruss have a leg to stand on about MLB giving Topps & UD a Monopoly? Sort of what Donruss and Fleer first went through in the 70's & 80's to originally get in business?

There is no monopoly though. There are competitors, and neither company really throws their weight around.

wideright · Jan 27, 2009

I honestly did wonder if they were going to get in trouble for leave team logos on pictured uni's. Sure enough.

flightposite · Jan 27, 2009

Bob Loblaw · Jan 27, 2009

Surprised it took this long. I would have expected some sort of a temp restraining order prior to the release of the products.

Guest · Jan 27, 2009

So will the cards in question go up in value then???

thefasterblade · Jan 27, 2009

Anyone have any scans of cards like this in the set. I didn't buy any so I didn't see how good of a job they did.

Bob Loblaw · Jan 27, 2009

Pine Tar said:
So will the cards in question go up in value then???

Again, they shouldn't. They're still #ed the same....

ThoseBackPages · Jan 27, 2009

thefasterblade said:
Anyone have any scans of cards like this in the set. I didn't buy any so I didn't see how good of a job they did.

cgilmo · Jan 27, 2009

uniquebaseballcards · Jan 27, 2009

Rarity isn't the sole factor in determining a card's value. If this is indeed DLP's last baseball venture these 2008 cards could earn a premium.

Jeff N. said:
[quote="Pine Tar":1aa52tso]So will the cards in question go up in value then???

Again, they shouldn't. They're still #ed the same....[/quote:1aa52tso]

brouthercard · Jan 27, 2009

I'd have to agree with mlb properties on this one, I don't think they did a careful enough job eliminating the logos.

I'll miss donruss, but at least they still have unopened older product out there...

ru4scuba · Jan 27, 2009

uniquebaseballcards said:
Rarity isn't the sole factor in determining a card's value. If this is indeed DLP's last baseball venture these 2008 cards could earn a premium.

I doubt it. Their cards didn't realize a premium when they originally lost their MLB license and Fleer certainly didn't go up in value when they went bankrupt.

I can see Donruss producing baseball this year, but putting more focus on college and high school draftees than the retired/HOF players.

Bob Loblaw · Jan 27, 2009

uniquebaseballcards said:
Rarity isn't the sole factor in determining a card's value. If this is indeed DLP's last baseball venture these 2008 cards could earn a premium.

Jeff N. said:

[quote="Pine Tar":26pxtkl1]So will the cards in question go up in value then???

Click to expand...

Again, they shouldn't. They're still #ed the same....

[/quote:26pxtkl1]

Seriously?

Want some old Score cards? How about some Donruss cards from what, 2006, when they lost their license the first time? How about some 2006 Fleer cards?

sportscardtheory · Jan 27, 2009

MLB is continuously making itself look inept and greedy with all this bull-headed sportscard nonsense... and they wonder why sportscard sales are down... MAYBE BECAUSE YOU CREATED A DUOPOLY AND BULLY OTHER COMPANIES TRYING TO USE THEIR NAME TO SELL AND PROMOTE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PRODUCTS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT. Idiots...

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