Finnish Gaming Monopoly Signs A Deal With iPhone App Maker
Helsingin Sanomat reports that RAY, the monopoly called Finnish Slotmachine Association, has signed a deal with the iPhone app maker Elias Pietilä regarding his Pajatzo game we earlier reported on. Pietilä had done an iPhone game that reminds of the popular Pajatso game, where the user taps coins into the small holes in the board. This did not go down well with RAY, even though they do not own the trademark for the game. Janne Peräkylä, the head of RAY, has stated that Pajatso is extremely important for them, "If there's Suomi and sisu (the Finnish mentality), there's RAY and Pajatso".
Finnish Gaming Monopoly Ready To Sue An iPhone App Maker
It seems that the Finnish gaming monopoly, RAY, is the latest in the game of playing the big bad wolf who doesn't want to play nice. Finnish Helsingin Sanomat reports that they are ready to sue an iPhone app maker Elias Pietilä, for creating a game of the similar concept from one of the oldest coin games in Finland, Pajatso. Elias Pietilä calles his version of the game Pajatzo.
RAY (or the Finnish Slotmachine Association) has referred to the trademark law, law regarding good business practices (laxly translated) as well as the ever-so-famous copyright law. The first odd issue that puts the whole case into perspective is that RAY does not own the trademark to Pajatso, the original game concept.
