Ghettopoly Manufacture Violates Trademark Rights

Ghettopoly, a spinoff of the popular Monopoly game, let's players buy stolen properties, build crack houses, allows car jacking, and takes players to the emergency room.

Hasbro, who has trademark rights and copyrights to the Monopoly game is upset that the maker of Ghettopoly used his intellectual property to sell what Hasbro calls a "reprehensible" game and has filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.

Although the educational value is questionable, it is debatable whether this game is reprehensible. This game could have been developed in the context of a different type of learner (lower income families who live in poorer neighborhoods). If so, the game has a different audience than the well none Monopoly game.

Nonetheless, Chang has violated Hasbro's trademark and copyright rights. It will be interesting to see what the courts decide.


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