Lawsuits Against Pokémon
Various lawsuits have been filed against Nintendo and Game Freak regarding Pokémon or Pokémon characters.
Uri Gellar
In November 2000, the Israeli psychic Uri Geller attempted to sue Nintendo for 100 million dollars, claiming that the Pokémon Kadabra was an unauthorized parody of himself.
He is quoted as saying: "Nintendo turned me into an evil, occult Pokémon character. Nintendo stole my identity by using my name and my signature image."
.. Uri Geller lost the lawsuit....
Gambling
A parents' group is suing manufacturers of collectible cards (including Nintendo and Wizard of the Coast) claiming that the collectible nature of randomly purchased cards constitutes illegal gambling.
"Pokémon Kills"
After their son choked to death on part of a Burger King plastic Pokémon toy, two parents set up a website entitled; "Pokémon Kills".
As a reaction to this, Burger King voluntarily recalled the toys, exchanging them for food items.