SPRIBE is a company attempting to portray an interim court decision in the United Kingdom as a definitive legal victory. It claims the British market has restricted Aviator LLC. Nonetheless, this claim is incorrect and misleading according to the legal counsel for Aviator LLC, Nikoloz Gogilidze. He states that it is a desperate attempt to present a procedural status as a legal victory.
In reality, Spribe secured only an interim injunction in the United Kingdom. It has no legal effect because the court will decide the case’s merits at trial. It also has no commercial impact. Aviator LLC had no plans to enter the UK market. They have no licensee there at this time. The interim injunction merely maintains the status quo. The only restriction imposed on Aviator LLC aligns with their prior decision. Aviator had already decided not to launch a game in the UK. Its licensee will not launch one there at this time either.
Gogilidze says that the publicity of Spribe is designed to mislead the market by conflating two distinct legal concepts.
First, a court grants an injunction after deciding the case on its merits—but this was not that. Second, a court grants an interim injunction at a preliminary stage—and this injunction was that.
This procedural order narrowly defines and holds the ring until trial. In this case, it simply preserves the situation. The Aviator Studio crash game developers had not yet made the game available in the United Kingdom market. They did not expect to do so for at least another year.
Despite the clear legal distinction, Spribe’s legal advisers have undoubtedly explained it to the company. However, Spribe keeps using these terms interchangeably. This practice intentionally misleads the market. Spribe also keeps claiming that it, having made the Aviator crash game in 2018, is the sole owner of the game globally. This includes its features, branding, and intellectual property. These assertions are incorrect, and Aviator LLC intends to show this at trial.
