Fossilman's Account Hacked?

[relayerdave]

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However, what if you wish to play in an open-to-the-public big-buyin televised tournament?

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From my limited experience with anti-trust laws (I'm in law school and I took ONE class on "Sports Law" that was PART anti-trust), this sounds like the "relevant market" you're trying to define (this is one of the elements of an anti-trust case: defining a relevant market).

I'm guessing the WPT would argue that the market is all poker tournaments, which as Greg stated, there are plenty of tournaments out there. It seems that one of the bigger issues of the anti-trust part of the case might hinge on the issue of what the "market" for poker tournaments is. It seems to me that once the market is defined by the court, the rest will fall into line quite quickly.

Is that right at all? I'm just a third-year law student with no real interest in IP law, but I do find this case interesting. I'm just trying to wrap my head around it :P

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http://ftrain.blogspot.com/2006/07/q...is-of-wpt.html

I am a practicing litigator in the same building as Dewey Ballantine, Greg's L.A. attorneys. I have handled more than a few Sherman/Cartwright Act cases and am extremely familiar with Cal.'s Business and Professions Code 17200 jurisprudence. The two items quoted above have it about right. The real issue is discerning anti-competitive market power in the relevant market.

Greg, you know this already, but the most practical question issue for you is: who is your Judge in the Central Distrct? I know most of them fairly well---and some of them all too well. And FWIW, not knowing all the pertinent details, your interference with contract causes of action look pretty good to me.

Dave