This year, yet another rare and expensive component has had its breakout moment: clear plastic playing cards. Dead Reckoning is a sandbox-style game of exploration and conflict on the high seas.

the North American division of France's Oberthur Card Systems, did not give up. After two years of tinkering they say they have devised a clear plastic card that all machines can read and that some ...

A card manufacturer's lawsuit against American Express Co. alleges the infringement of patent rights over payment cards made with clear plastic. Perfect Plastic Printing Corp. filed the suit Jan. 6 in ...