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World Poker Tour Wins Copyright, Trademark Infringement Claims

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 26, 2005 - 7:58am.
Los Angeles -- WPT Enterprises, producers of the "World Poker Tour" TV series, announced on Tuesday that it has won copyright and trademark infringement claims against a number of television and Internet properties. "WPTE has taken action in these cases and secured agreeable settlements and/or court-ordered injunctive relief in order to avoid confusion among poker players, to prevent the proliferation of unauthorized 'knock-off' merchandise, and to protect against the dilution of and harm to its valuable copyrighted material, trademarks and strong brand," said Robert S. Gerber, attorney for WPTE. The actions were taken against defendants including the "Ultimate Poker Challenge" TV show; World Poker Productions instructional videos; a website offering WPT episodes for download on the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network; several domain name infringers; and a number of companies offering tournaments falsely billed as WPT satellite events. WPT's flagship "World Poker Tour" TV series airs in the U.S. on the Travel Channel, and is syndicated in over 100 other global markets.
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