The Pokemon Company has sued someone who is hosting an unofficial Pokemon party, requesting $4,000 to settle the case.

Ramar Larkin Jones set up the '5th Annual Unofficial Pokemon PAX Kickoff Party' event in August - which was set to take place on the eve of this year's PAX convention in Seattle - with a Facebook post using official art work of Pikachu and Snivy.


Jones cancelled the event after lawyers got in touch - who cited copyright infringement in their claim - and while they won't pursue further action, are demanding the $4,000 sum for legal fees.

"I thought it was a scare tactic," he told GeekWire. "I thought once the party was canceled there would be nothing more about this. I'm shocked."

Jones said the complaint came without warning. While he charged for tickets to the event, it ran at a loss each year, and has turned to a crowd-funding site instead to help pay the funds.


"I work in a cafe and I literally don't have $4000," he said. "I wish they would have just sent a cease and desist because I had no problem dropping the party but I just don't have $4000 to pay in the next 45 days.

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"So I'm reaching out to the PAX video game community. Anything you can donate would be greatly appreciated.

"I just want it to be over with and not have it escalate further because I couldn't pay 4k in 45 days. Trust me I will never throw another fandom party again."

At the time of writing the crowd-funding total has reached its target of $4,000, with $82 to spare.