Ralph Anspach was born on 15 March 1926 in Gdańsk, [1] where he grew up and belonged to several Zionist youth groups.
[2] While attending the University of Chicago, he heard about concentration camp survivors' problem of being shuttled about and not being allowed into Palestine.
[2] Anspach created the game Anti-Monopoly (published 1973), which resulted in a 1974 trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Parker Brothers.
While researching the case, he uncovered the patents of Lizzie Magie for her Landlord's Game, a precursor to Monopoly.
[4] In a 1983 US Supreme Court case, Anspach won the "Anti-Monopoly" and the suffix "-opoly" trademark rights from Parker Brothers.