Monopoly and Anti-Monopoly

Today's Wall Street Journal includes a very interesting story about a legal fight between Parker Brothers, the makers of the game "Monopoly," and the inventor of a game called "Anti-Monopoly" (click here). "Ralph Anspach, an 83-year-old economics professor, spent decades locked in a real-life battle with Monopoly and its corporate owners. The campaign dented his finances, sent him on a nationwide trek for intelligence and sparked a legal case that reached the steps of the Supreme Court. . . .Prof. Anspach's woes began with a real-life trademark fight for the right to sell his own game, called Anti-Monopoly. Along the way, he says he helped to publicize the little-known origins of the classic American game."

Tags: General Interest, Intellectual Property