Light & Wonder to 'vigorously defend' fresh Aristocrat complaints
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The news: Gambling company Light & Wonder said it plans to "vigorously defend" fresh complaints by its ASX rival Aristocrat.
The new claims come after a US district court filed an injunction in relation to Light & Wonder's Dragon Train-themed poker machines last year, which Aristocrat said breached copyright for its own Dragon Link pokies.
The context: On 14 March, Aristocrat filed a second complaint with the District Court of Nevada, adding a trade secret misappropriation claim linked to Light & Wonder’s replacement games for Dragon Train.
The latest claim asserts that the replacement games for Dragon Train, including a social game called Dragon Train Grand Central, would still “reap the benefits” of trade secret misappropriation, even if none of the claimed secrets are used directly in the games.
Light & Wonder said that there are many elements of Dragon Train that made it successful and are not contested by Aristocrat. It also noted that it has structured development of new games to solve the issue raised by the use of certain math in the design of the original Dragon Train game by designer Emma Charles. Charles had previously worked with Aristocrat before joining Light & Wonder in 2021.
However, Light & Wonder confirmed that it will stop commercialising another game series, Jewel of the Dragon, while another unreleased game will not be put to market.
The source: ASX
