Spry Fox, LLC v. Lolapps, Inc.

Spry Fox, LLC v. Lolapps, Inc.
Court	United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Full case name	Spry Fox, LLC v. Lolapps, Inc. et al.
Decided	October 29, 2012 (2012-10-29)
Citation(s)	No. 2:12-cv-00147 (W.D. Wash., 2012)
Court membership
Judge sitting	Richard A. Jones

Spry Fox, LLC v. Lolapps, Inc., No. 2:12-cv-00147 (W.D. Wash., 2012),^[1] was a court case between two video game developers, where Spry Fox alleged that the game Yeti Town, developed by 6waves Lolapps, infringed on their copyrighted game Triple Town. While the case was settled out of court, preliminary opinions by Judge Richard A. Jones affirmed that a video game's "look and feel" may be protected by copyright, affirming the federal district court decision in Tetris Holding, LLC v. Xio Interactive, Inc. from earlier the same year.

Despite the games having cosmetic differences with different settings, the similarities between the games were evidence that Yeti Town had illegally appropriated elements of Triple Town. The judge rejected a motion from 6waves Lolapps to dismiss the case, thus undermining their main defense, since the games did have several identical gameplay elements. In October 2012, the companies announced a settlement where Spry Fox would own the intellectual property for both games.