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NEWS: The Pokémon Company Demands US$4,000 From Party Planner to Settle Lawsuit

The article seems biased, making it seem like big bad TPCi is picking on a poor fan, but in reality he is a repeat offender, for four years he has used the pokemon name to profit for himself with products that go against TPCi's image. Has TPCi asked him to c&d before? $4,000 is nothing for the company, why 4k exactly? 1k for each previous offense. He reports that he was at a loss with ticket sales and prizes, but he didn't mention projected earnings from the main event itself. You guys are underestimating how much you can make in a single night with alcohol alone. The guy could easily make a few grand even if only a couple hundred people showed up. Look at the picture, the guy is trying so hard to look like a victim, but he's a schemer and smeared the pokemon name with sex and alcohol for his own profit. TPCi doesnt want money from him, they just really don't want pikachu being used as a sex symbol. the 4k is just to get him to stop permanently. If he tries this again next year, I'm sure TPCi will ask for double.
Also, using a crowdfunding site to pay off a lawsuit sounds so wrong, there should be a law against that.

I think by profit he means coming out with more money than he started. According to him, he is throwing this party at a loss. The tickets are supposedly to cover some of the party costs. I think that is what Somer is getting at.

Edit: *was throwing the party at a loss.

"Operating at a loss because he throws all his profit on free gifts to give out to random partygoers" is not the same as "not profiting" in the slightest.
He also conveniently neglects to mention the fact that he was definitely not giving his alcoholic drinks away for free at this 2$ entry fee party.

With Pokemon, yes, it's well known, but no one uses the term for anything other than Pokemon. The best anime/Japanese-culture-related hypothetical situations I can think up would be if other people started using "Gundam" or "Zord" for their giant mechs, and Sunrise or Saban/Disney (depending on the era) didn't go after them about it. Once the words became common lexicon (and ruled on by a judge as such) for any giant mech, the company wouldn't be able to go after anyone using that.

You guys are underestimating how much you can make in a single night with alcohol alone. The guy could easily make a few grand even if only a couple hundred people showed up.

And I completely share your sentiment about using crowd funding to pay his settlement. This isn't some charity case, or even some sort of business opportunity, it is somebody that thought he could use someone else's property in an effort to make money for himself without so much as asking permission. Normally, the idea is that we are each supposed to face the consequences of our actions. Getting a bunch of strangers to help share those consequences seems to go against that.

Also, he is mistaken if he believes that operating the event at a loss somehow would make it ok. The fact that he was probably going to lose money is just how the circumstances played out. The idea was to hold the event and turn a profit.