Upper Deck alleges that a former worker absconded with its IP to make Disney Lorcana, and it's not gonna take it lying down.
and Minecraft, but Upper Deck is accusing Ravensburger of"stealing and copying Upper Deck’s original game" which it then"repackaged and marketed as Lorcana".
Specifically, Upper Deck reckons that Ryan Miller—one of its former designers who now works at Ravensburger—purloined intellectual property from Rush of Ikorr, a card game he worked on at Upper Deck, and put it straight into Disney Lorcana, giving Disney's game a headstart and letting it beat Ikorr to market with its own ideas.
Upper Deck says that"After over a year of developing Rush of Ikorr alongside Upper Deck, Miller terminated his contract with Upper Deck and, either before termination or just after, began working for Defendant Ravensburger," at which point the company alleges he ported over the ideas he developed for Upper Deck.
I've reached out to both Ravensburger and Upper Deck about this, and I'll update this piece if I hear back., it's asking for payment of damages, injunctive relief to prevent Disney Lorcana's release, restitution of money it paid Miller, and"punitive damages in an amount appropriate to punish Miller and Ravensburger and deter others from engaging in similar misconduct".
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