Details of the WWE vs. THQ lawsuit revealed

We’ve already reported that WWE has filed a lawsuit against THQ. There was another lawsuit filed back in 2004 against the THQ-Jakks Pacific partnership when WWE found out that THQ had been selling WWE-licensed games in Japan and other parts of Asia.

Today, we got an inside look at the details of the lawsuit. It showed that THQ had allegedly been sublicensing the games. It says that when “THQ submitted package approval request forms in 2004 for a game to be sold in Japan, the publisher listed Yuke’s as ‘THQ’s regional distributor,’ and not a sublicensee.” In fact, WWE and THQ-Jakks Pacific had signed an agreement that specifies “sublicensing to any company that is not wholly owned by the joint venture without prior written consent from WWE” is prohibited.

THQ had at first denied the allegations, but now they are also out to prove that selling video games in Asia did not cause a breach of the video game license agreement.

Is it about collusion? Is it about license abuse? Bottom line is, WWE wanted to terminate the license agreement with THQ, get paid for the damages, and earn back the royalties that they’re supposed to have gained in the alleged illegal THQ sublicensing. We’ll see what happens as more details about the case unfold in the future.

We’ve already reported that WWE has filed a lawsuit against THQ. There was another lawsuit filed back in 2004 against the THQ-Jakks Pacific partnership when WWE found out that THQ had been selling WWE-licensed games in Japan and other parts of Asia.

Today, we got an inside look at the details of the lawsuit. It showed that THQ had allegedly been sublicensing the games. It says that when “THQ submitted package approval request forms in 2004 for a game to be sold in Japan, the publisher listed Yuke’s as ‘THQ’s regional distributor,’ and not a sublicensee.” In fact, WWE and THQ-Jakks Pacific had signed an agreement that specifies “sublicensing to any company that is not wholly owned by the joint venture without prior written consent from WWE” is prohibited.

THQ had at first denied the allegations, but now they are also out to prove that selling video games in Asia did not cause a breach of the video game license agreement.

Is it about collusion? Is it about license abuse? Bottom line is, WWE wanted to terminate the license agreement with THQ, get paid for the damages, and earn back the royalties that they’re supposed to have gained in the alleged illegal THQ sublicensing. We’ll see what happens as more details about the case unfold in the future.