PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds files lawsuit against mobile clones
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp has filed a lawsuit against publisher NetEase, accusing the company of copyright infringement, trade dress infringement and unfair business competition in regard to two of its mobile titles - Rules of Survival and Knives Out.
The claims are made in a 155-page court document, obtained by Torrent Freak, which argues that NetEase deliberately copied Battlegrounds' gameplay and aesthetic.
This, says PUBG Corp, was done in order to mislead consumers, making them believe that Rules of Survival and Knives Out are officially affiliated with Battlegrounds, and to profit from the deception by releasing both games into the marketplace "at or below cost for the purpose of gaining market share" before Battlegrounds was launched on mobile.
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