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UK High Court Restricts Rival Aviator Game Launches in Three Markets

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Altay Celikkaya

Content Manager

Updated: 10/11/26

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The UK High Court has restricted the expansion of a rival Aviator crash game in Colombia, Romania and Serbia, marking another development in the ongoing intellectual property dispute between Spribe OÜ and Aviator LLC. The ruling, handed down on 6 November 2026, also allows Spribe to pursue additional claims across nine international markets and moves the main trial forward to October 2027.

The latest decision introduces new restrictions on game distribution while the broader dispute over Aviator branding and intellectual property rights remains unresolved.

UK High Court restricts rival Aviator game expansion in Colombia, Romania and Serbia.

Regulation & Compliance

Key Takeaways From the Latest Aviator–Spribe Court Ruling

The High Court has restricted new launches of Aviator LLC’s competing crash game in Colombia, Romania and Serbia.
Platforms offering the game on or before 3 July 2026 may continue operating under the interim order.
Spribe can pursue additional passing-off and unfair competition claims across nine international markets.
The court rejected Spribe’s proposed expansion into 28 further jurisdictions.
The main trial has been brought forward to October 2027, with no final infringement ruling yet.

High Court Restricts Aviator Expansion in Three Countries

According to the official High Court judgment published by The National Archives, Mr Justice Tappin granted interim protection restricting Aviator LLC and associated companies from introducing their competing crash game on additional platforms in Colombia, Romania and Serbia.

The restrictions concern the disputed Aviator branding and similar aircraft imagery.

However, the injunction does not require platforms already offering the rival game by 3 July 2026 to remove it.

The judge considered the likelihood of consumers confusing the competing games because of similarities in their names and visual presentation.

Mr Justice Tappin said:

It is very likely that there will be confusion between the two.

The assessment remains provisional and does not establish final liability for copyright infringement or unfair competition.

Spribe Granted Permission to Expand Claims Across Nine Markets

The court also permitted Spribe to extend its passing off and unfair competition counterclaims to Canada, Colombia, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Romania, Serbia and South Africa.

However, it rejected proposed claims covering another 28 territories.

For Canada and Italy, the Aviator parties agreed to provide 28 days’ written notice before launching or marketing their game.

The ruling highlights the territorial complexity of intellectual property disputes, as reflected in Spribe’s separate Brazilian litigation.

Aviator–Spribe Trial Moved Forward to October 2027

The High Court has accelerated the main trial from its previously expected early 2028 timetable to October 2027.

The latest decision follows an earlier Court of Appeal ruling in the Aviator–Spribe copyright dispute, which addressed how English courts should assess previous Georgian judgments.

The proceedings will continue to examine competing intellectual property claims, earlier Georgian judgments and allegations concerning the use of the Aviator name and game imagery.

Neither party has secured a final determination of the underlying ownership and infringement disputes.

What the Ruling Means for iGaming Suppliers and Operators

The restrictions create practical considerations for operators, aggregators and software providers distributing crash games across multiple jurisdictions.

Businesses may need to review existing distribution agreements, territorial access and intellectual property assurances before introducing disputed products into additional markets.

Similar questions concerning brand ownership and documentation have emerged in the UK High Court’s separate Entain copyright dispute.

For the wider iGaming industry, the Aviator proceedings demonstrate how interim legal decisions can affect product availability and expansion strategies long before a final judgment is delivered.