Editing Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (section)

=== Konami-Upper Deck lawsuit ===
From March 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/news.asp|title=Upper Deck to Deliver Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game to the US market|date=February 11, 2002|publisher=[[Upper Deck Company|Upper Deck Entertainment]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020402182316/http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/news.asp|archive-date=April 2, 2002|access-date=March 25, 2014}}</ref> to December 2008, Konami's trading cards were distributed in territories outside of Asia by [[Upper Deck Company|The Upper Deck Company]]. In December 2008, Konami filed a lawsuit against Upper Deck alleging that it had distributed inauthentic ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' TCG cards made without Konami's authorization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/news/news_100113-Trial01.html|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|date=January 13, 2010|publisher=Yugioh-card.com|location=El Segundo, California|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227092937/http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/news/news_100113-Trial01.html|archive-date=February 27, 2010|access-date=February 22, 2012}}</ref> Upper Deck also sued Konami alleging breach of contract and slander. A few months later, a federal court in Los Angeles issued an injunction preventing Upper Deck from acting as the authorized distributor and requiring it to remove the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' TCG from Upper Deck's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/Konami-preliminary-injunction-upper-deck-yu-gi-oh.pdf|title=Order Granting Preliminary Injunction Against The Upper Deck Company|date=February 11, 2009|publisher=iptrademarkattorney.com|access-date=September 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713053242/http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/Konami-preliminary-injunction-upper-deck-yu-gi-oh.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2009, the court decided that Upper Deck was liable for counterfeiting ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' TCG cards, and it dismissed Upper Deck's countersuit against Konami.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/court-order-konami-summary-judgment-counterfeit-trademark-copyright.pdf|title=court-order-konami-summary-judgment-counterfeit-trademark- copyright|date=December 23, 2009|publisher=iptrademarkattorney.com|access-date=September 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202182413/http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/court-order-konami-summary-judgment-counterfeit-trademark-copyright.pdf|archive-date=February 2, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/Konami-court-order-granting-finding-no-dispute-unauthorized-sales-yu-gi-oh.pdf|title=Konami-court-order-granting-finding-no-dispute-unauthorized-sales|date=December 23, 2009|publisher=iptrademarkattorney.com|access-date=September 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202182324/http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/Konami-court-order-granting-finding-no-dispute-unauthorized-sales-yu-gi-oh.pdf|archive-date=February 2, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/Konami-MSJ-court-order-grants-counterclaims.pdf|title=Konami-MSJ-court-order-grants-counterclaims|date=December 29, 2009|publisher=iptrademarkattorney.com|access-date=September 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713053600/http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/Konami-MSJ-court-order-grants-counterclaims.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Konami is now the manufacturer and distributor of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' TCG. It runs regional and national tournaments and continues to release new ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' TCG products.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-22 |title=Latest Releases |url=https://www.yugioh-card.com/eu/products/latest-releases/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Yu-Gi-Oh! |language=en-GB}}</ref>