

Hg Vs Pgi Bogus Or Important?
#1
Posted 16 June 2018 - 05:30 PM
#2
Posted 16 June 2018 - 06:00 PM
I read the article, but I'm still waiting on actual results that are being marketed to the public.
#3
Posted 16 June 2018 - 06:14 PM
#4
Posted 16 June 2018 - 06:45 PM
Nothing HbS or PGI does infringes upon HG's model franchise and so I would like to think judges would rule against HG.
#5
Posted 16 June 2018 - 07:35 PM
If it were me though and the settlement came down in my favor I think the first mech pack released would be a certain 30 ton davion light mech that packs a medium laser and lrm-10 in the "base" model, designation QA.
#6
Posted 16 June 2018 - 08:11 PM
Frustrating that they won again, but it is what it is.
#7
Posted 16 June 2018 - 09:46 PM
#8
Posted 17 June 2018 - 06:30 AM
#9
Posted 17 June 2018 - 07:06 AM
Kinda of sad because we're talking about small niche markets here and there isn't a huge population to begin with....
Edited by Asym, 17 June 2018 - 07:06 AM.
#10
Posted 17 June 2018 - 07:13 AM

Where is Attila the Hun or someone similar with a modern-day equivalent of "scorched earth"? <shrugs>
#11
Posted 17 June 2018 - 09:14 AM
HammerMaster, on 17 June 2018 - 06:30 AM, said:
only for 4 more years(Probably). March 2021 is the time we're all waiting for. HG and Tats haven't been chummy chummy since the last of Agrama's buddies at Tatsu left(right after he signed off on a deal that would make any Chicago politician proud) and with the lawsuits they have pursued, they offset the royalties they owe Tatsu so it looks from all outside sources that Tatsunoko is done with HG and is waiting for the last agreement to run it's course.
Now, that doesn't mean the next people they license(if any) are going to be any more friendly to BT than HG is, but if that's the case they can take all things macross that I am *WAITING* to buy and stuff em where the sun don't shine.
#12
Posted 17 June 2018 - 09:29 AM
#13
Posted 17 June 2018 - 11:35 AM
Ken Harkin, on 17 June 2018 - 09:29 AM, said:
If I were a betting person, I'd bet cash that's exactly what happened. PGI's defense was one of "show the court documents it will recognize that Harmony Gold owns the rights that they claim to have." and HG's response repeatedly was "Um, we have them. really. Trust us!" along with "We need a fishing expedition to get a letter rogatory going to get documents we need, wholly unrelated to the proof you're asking for, but necessary for the case, from this Japanese company over here."
PGI had them by the balls. If the Summary Judgement wasn't granted, the truth of the matter still would have come out from the resulting days in court down the line. If PGI launches a Valkyrie, Rifleman IIC, Warhammer IIC, or Crusader pack, we'll have our answer. Or if HBS suddenly uses PGI's licensed Marauder and other Unseen models in their game.
#14
Posted 17 June 2018 - 11:37 AM
#15
Posted 17 June 2018 - 06:56 PM
#16
Posted 17 June 2018 - 07:25 PM
arcana75, on 17 June 2018 - 06:56 PM, said:
It doesn't have to mean that.
Look at the settlement between HG and Hasbro over the Jetfire Con-Exclusive. HG demanded everything under the sun about that, from monetary to actual handing product over to them.
Hasbro had them by the short hairs on that one too, but a company like that isn't going to take ANY chance on something like that when they could just throw money/whatever at HG instead of setting a precedent over the case because they pulled the one judge who remembers getting verbally abused by his son timmy because timmy's Optimus Prime he got for christmas broke because he was too ignorant to actually try and figure out how it worked instead of just twisting and forcing stuff so he's gonna teach that company a lesson.(lol, not that that would happen but that's what it's designed to prevent.)
anyways, the case was settled, and Hasbro went about it merry way.
#17
Posted 17 June 2018 - 10:56 PM
DFM, on 17 June 2018 - 07:25 PM, said:
It doesn't have to mean that.
Look at the settlement between HG and Hasbro over the Jetfire Con-Exclusive. HG demanded everything under the sun about that, from monetary to actual handing product over to them.
Hasbro had them by the short hairs on that one too, but a company like that isn't going to take ANY chance on something like that when they could just throw money/whatever at HG instead of setting a precedent over the case because they pulled the one judge who remembers getting verbally abused by his son timmy because timmy's Optimus Prime he got for christmas broke because he was too ignorant to actually try and figure out how it worked instead of just twisting and forcing stuff so he's gonna teach that company a lesson.(lol, not that that would happen but that's what it's designed to prevent.)
anyways, the case was settled, and Hasbro went about it merry way.
Even though there is no requirement to publicly state the results of a settlement (hell, there are plenty of reasons on why nothing should be said), when it comes to cases that deal with produced products, the public can get a hint at the results.
For example, after the HG vs. Hasbro settlement, Jetfire toys (as well as toys for any other transforming jet) were still produced and released without HG trying anything again. If they did, I'm sure Hasbro would destroy them.
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As for the topic at hand, doesn't the last update say that only a potential settlement has been reached? If that settlement falls through, the current court case continues where it left off.
#18
Posted 18 June 2018 - 07:14 AM
Edited by Fox the Apprentice, 18 June 2018 - 07:15 AM.
#19
Posted 18 June 2018 - 10:50 AM
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