By Min Wu
The role-playing
card game “Legends of the Three Kingdoms,” also known as “San Guo Sha,” has
been popular in China and is also being distributed in
the U.S. However, according to the Italian publisher of the “Bang!” card game, “San Guo Sha” is a
blatant copy of “Bang!”, though the Chinese game is set in ancient China
instead of the Wild West.
According to Bloomberg Law, the Italian
publisher sued the creator of “San Guo Sha” and its U.S. distributor in the
Southern District of Texas for copyright infringement. However, even if the
Italian publisher prevails on the merit of the case, enforcement of a foreign
judgment in China will be a difficult issue.
