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Parker Brothers bought the rights to Copeland's Inflation for $10,000. Early in 1936, Parker Brothers sued Rudy Copeland for patent infringement on a game Copeland had made and called "Inflation." Copeland countersued, charging that Darrow's and therefore Parker Brothers' patent on Monopoly was invalid.Darrow could be the inventor of a game.we'd played since 1925." Thun says he told them ".it wasn't at all clear to me how Mr. Parker Brothers paid Luis Thun a visit in the spring of 1935 and offered to buy any remaining boards of their Monopoly game for $50 each.

The company simplified the game and continued to produce it. Knapp had brought the game from a cash-strapped Dan Layman for $200.

Parker Brothers bought Finance from David W. Once the game’s true origins came to light, Parker Brothers bought up Magie’s patent, but then re-launched the board game simply as Monopoly, and provided the eager public with just one set.

Lizzie was not interested in profiting from the game but was happy that a major company distributed it. Parker Brothers marketed a few hundred sets of the Landlord's Game then stopped.

The company bought Lizzie Magie's game for $500 with no royalties and a promise to manufacture the Landlord's Game under its original title without changing any of the rules.