Apparently, the only time Price got into trouble was after the release of Crimebusters, based on David Jones' Spellbound. Mastertronic demanded a letter of apology, and the story was covered in the December 1986 issues of Crash and Sinclair User.
Here is a list of Harry S Price's rip-offs and the games they were based on. (Thanks to Michael Bruhn and others on comp.sys.sinclair for helping to compile this information.)
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Harry S Price rip-off
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Original game
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Notes
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Big Bad John
(Tynesoft, 1986)
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Molecule Man
(Mastertronic, 1986)
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Bubble Run
(Tynesoft, 1986)
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Bubble Trouble
(Your Sinclair, 1986)
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Magazine type-in listing.
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Cashdash
(Tynesoft, year unknown)
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(unknown)
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Chaldon
(unknown)
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(unknown)
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Colin the Cleaner
(Tynesoft, 1987)
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Ralph on Alpha 2
(16/48, year unknown)
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Magazine type-in listing.
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Collywobbles
(Pirate Software, 1987)
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(unknown)
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Crimebusters
(IJK Software, 1986)
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Spellbound
(Mastertronic, 1985)
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Don't Say It, Spray It
(IJK Software, 1988)
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One Man and his Droid
(Mastertronic, 1985)
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Dusty Droid and the Garbage Gobblers
(Pirate Software, 1988)
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Rocketman Mike
(Your Computer, year unknown)
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Some graphics are taken from Games Designer by Quicksilva.
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Gangplank
(Pirate Software, 1987)
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Icicle Works
(Statesoft, 1985)
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Ghostly Grange
(Creative Sparks, 1988)
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Rocketman Mike
(Your Computer, year unknown)
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Same game as Dusty Droid.
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H.A.R.D.
(IJK Software, 1986)
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Android 1: The Reactor Run
(Vortex Software, 1983)
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I Ain't Got Nobody
(Tynesoft, year unknown)
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The Caves of Doom
(Mastertronic, 1985)
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Knightfall
(Pirate Software, 1987)
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Rock 'n' Roll
(Your Sinclair, 1986)
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Mind Your Head
(IJK Software, 1986)
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Icicle Works
(Statesoft, 1985)
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Same game as Gangplank.
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Monkey Run
(unknown)
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(unknown)
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Mutations
(Tynesoft, 1986)
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Spawn of Evil
(DK'Tronics, 1983)
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Odd Job Eddie
(Strobe, 1985)
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Pyramania
(16/48, 1984)
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One for the Road
(Tynesoft, 1986)
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MacMan
(Your Spectrum, 1985)
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Magazine type-in listing.
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The Steelyard Blues
(Tynesoft, 1987)
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Cheekah's Exploits
(Your Computer, 1986)
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Magazine type-in listing.
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Them
(Pirate Software, 1988)
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Project Future
(Micromania, 1985)
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Tidy Tony
(Tynesoft, 1987)
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Drive In
(Fantasy Software, 1984)
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Who Said That?
(Tynesoft, 1987)
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Micro Mouse Goes Debugging
(M C Lothlorien, 1983)
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