Spribe said a UK court granted an interim injunction preventing Aviator LLC from launching or marketing its crash game in the UK. Spribe described the game as infringing its rights; the report also says Aviator LLC previously won a Georgian court case concerning the Aviator name and logo in Georgia.
The interim order prevents Aviator LLC from launching or promoting its game in the UK while the dispute proceeds.
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Brazil’s National Consumer Secretariat opened a preliminary investigation into Spribe OÜ on 14 July over consumer-protection rules in the betting market, the report said. Senacon asked the game developer about controls to prevent unauthorised operators from offering Aviator, removal measures, compliance policies and authorised distributors. Spribe has five calendar days to respond.
A federal court in Brasília has revoked a preliminary injunction granted to Spribe and provisionally suspended the legal effects of its AVIATOR trademark registration in Brazil. The court also ordered Spribe to refrain from claiming exclusivity based on that registration until the federal invalidation proceeding is resolved.
The Court of Justice of Pernambuco overturned an injunction that had protected Spribe’s claim to exclusive use of the Aviator name in Brazil. The state court said the order’s legal basis changed after a federal court provisionally suspended Spribe’s Brazilian trademark registration during nullity proceedings.
Brazil’s 18th Federal Civil Court ordered the suspension of Spribe’s Aviator trademark registration, preventing the company from relying on its exclusivity rights until a final judgment. Aviator Studio said it brought the invalidation case, arguing that the brand pre-dated Spribe’s Brazilian registration; the ruling is interim.
São Paulo courts rejected urgent injunction requests by SPRIBE in its direct dispute with Aviator Studio, the latter said. The rulings across both judicial instances allow Aviator Studio and its partners to continue operating while the wider AVIATOR trademark dispute proceeds through the evidentiary phase.