{"id":7131,"date":"2024-10-09T14:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2024-10-09T14:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:56:35","slug":"spribe-confronts-new-legal-battle-in-aviator-eu-copyright-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbceurasia.com\/en\/2024\/10\/09\/spribe-confronts-new-legal-battle-in-aviator-eu-copyright-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Spribe Confronts New Legal Battle in Aviator EU Copyright Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Georgian casino operator <strong>Aviator<\/strong> has expanded its copyright campaign against <strong>Spribe<\/strong> by making an appeal to the <strong>European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, the land-based operator successfully invalidated Spribe\u2019s trademarks for its flagship crash game Aviator before the Georgian Court of First Instance. The online casino operator has now outlined plans \u201cto challenge Spribe trademarks worldwide\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the first successful appeal, Aviator has launched further invalidation action against the trademark with the EUIPO, arguing that the supplier registered its Aviator trademarks in bad faith and in breach of the operator\u2019s own copyright in the EU.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe EUIPO action represents the logical continuation of this dispute following the court\u2019s decision,\u201d said <strong>Nikoloz Gogilidze<\/strong>, Managing Partner of <strong>Mikadze Gegetchkori Taktakishvili<\/strong>, which represents Aviator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur client is strongly committed to aggressively protecting its IP rights worldwide. Hence, after obtaining the first victory in Georgia where initial infringement took place, the next step is to challenge Spribe trademarks worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back at the Georgian case, <strong>Flutter <\/strong>became embroiled in the litigation as its Georgian online casino brand <strong>Adjarabet <\/strong>was ordered to cease operations of the Aviator crash game on its platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prosecutor was awarded $330m in damages after the ruling found copyright and trademark infringement and invalidated trademark registrations based on bad faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/sbceurasia\">Telegram channel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgian casino operator Aviator has expanded its copyright campaign against Spribe by making an appeal to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).&nbsp; Earlier this year, the land-based operator successfully invalidated Spribe\u2019s trademarks for its flagship crash game Aviator before the Georgian Court of First Instance. 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