PokerStars Faces Lawsuit from Marcel Luske over Copyrighted Poker Tournament Rules 3g3m60

Marcel Luske is a poker pro who is well known in the industry as a top competitor. Once sponsored by popular online poker room PokerStars, the Flying Dutchman is now suing his former poker home claiming the brand stole poker tournament rules that he had copyrighted.

Luske has reportedly filed a lawsuit in the state of Nevada against the poker brand, claiming that PokerStars agreed to pay him $25,000 each year to use his International Poker Rules. Luske used his Federation International de Poker Association to create the rules back in 2008. The rules were created similarly to those found within the Tournament Director Association but were focused more on the players rather than the organizers of tournaments and casino staff .

Luske claims that in 2012, PokerStars asked to use his rules and in doing so, would feature the logo of FIDPA during live events. By 2014, Luske stated that he came to another agreement with the brand, to earn $25,000 in an annual licensing fee for the usage of the rules, according to a report at CDCGamingReports.com.

In the lawsuit, Luske is claiming that PokerStars decided later to implement their own set of rules which are known as PSLive. Luske believes the rules created by PokerStars are an exact copy and/or using the same language that he used in the International Poker Rules. Luske is seeking general and special damages with the lawsuit as well as interest for breach of contract, bad faith, fraud and interference with prospective economic advantage.

It will be interesting to see if Luske comes forward with a statement on the matter as well as if PokerStars will respond to the lawsuit being filed. We shall see over the coming days and weeks just what will come of the poker players suit and if he will be compensated for what he feels is fraudulent activity.