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The trademark fight over the Aviator name has taken another turn, this time in Curaçao. The Court of First Instance ruled that two registrations held by Aviator LLC should be struck from the local register, giving Spribe a win in a dispute that has stretched across multiple countries.
The decision was handed down on 25 May 2026 and later corrected to fix clerical errors in the registration numbers, according to Next.io.
At the center of the case is the Aviator crash game, a product that has become one of the most successful titles worldwide. Spribe has been battling Aviator LLC, a company founded by Temur Ugulava, the former owner of Adjarabet before its sale to Flutter.
The Curaçao court invalidated international registration IR 1822051, which covered a combined word and figurative Aviator mark in classes 9, 28 and 41, and IR 1827771, the word mark AVIATOR in classes 9, 41 and 42. Both were filed in 2024 under Aviator LLC’s name and designated Curaçao through the Madrid Protocol.
Aviator LLC did not appear in the proceedings despite being summoned, leading to a default judgment in Spribe’s favor.
Latest update in a case with over 120 proceedings worldwide
The Aviator dispute continues to stretch across borders, with courts in Georgia, the UK, and now Curaçao delivering very different outcomes.
Back in August 2024, Georgia’s Court of First Instance ruled against Spribe, finding its Georgian trademarks had been registered in bad faith and infringed Aviator LLC’s copyright. That decision carried a heavy price, with Aviator LLC awarded $330 million in damages, and the Supreme Court of Georgia later upheld the ruling in May 2025.
Spribe has fared better in the UK. In July 2025, the High Court granted an interim injunction preventing Aviator LLC from launching a rival crash game in Britain.
A year later, in May 2026, Deputy Judge Michael Tappin KC gave Spribe another procedural win, ruling that Georgian findings could not simply be applied under English law. A full trial on ownership of the Aviator brand is expected in late 2026 or early 2027.
The Curaçao judgment added another layer, noting that Aviator LLC was linked to Spribe’s former Georgian licensee, once also named Aviator LLC and later renamed AB Georgia LLC. That entity had been allowed under earlier agreements to operate the Aviator game only in Georgia and Armenia.
Spribe argued the disputed Curaçao filings, one transferred to Aviator LLC in March 2025, were made without its consent. The court sided with Spribe, ordering the trademarks removed and requiring Aviator LLC to pay legal costs of just over €1,063.
According to the ruling, Spribe has now filed more than 120 opposition proceedings worldwide against Aviator LLC’s trademark applications.
Aviator LLC has not stood still either, confirming in May that it had launched separate proceedings in South Africa against Betway over alleged misuse of its branding.
Source: NEXT.io
