Electronic Theatre reports on the close of an appeal by Upper Deck International for a preliminary injunction to compel Konami to accept them as the exclusive distributor for Europe, Oceania and Latin America.

Having reviewed the evidence presented in summary proceedings, a panel of three professional appeal judges issued a decision holding that UDI had failed to show that the 12th December 2008 termination of the distribution relationship regarding the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game in Europe and Latin America, had been unlawful. The decision confirms that there is significant evidence that links the Upper Deck Company to the distribution of counterfeit Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game in North America. In this respect, the Court of Appeal's decision echoes an earlier ruling by the District Court for the Central District of California, United States.

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