The developer of Candy Swipe withdrew its opposition to King's trademark of Candy Crush Saga after reaching an agreement. Originally, Candy Swipe's developer had opposed King's trademark application, claiming their game was similar to Candy Swipe which launched earlier. However, Candy Swipe's developer now says they have resolved the dispute amicably, with King withdrawing its counterclaim and both games able to coexist without confusing players.

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4/22/2014
Candy Crush Saga and Candy
Swipe have settled their dispute

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Candy Crush Saga and Candy Swipe have
settled their dispute
The independent developer of Candy Swipe is withdrawing its resistance to King's Candy Crush Saga
after at first blaming the developers for replicating its game.
Back in February, in the wake of King sought after copyright claims against game with the statement
"Candy" or "Saga" in their titles, president of Runsome Apps Albert Ransom composed a public
statement that brought up the similitudes between his game, Candy Swipe, and Candy Crush Saga,
which was discharged two years after Candy Swipe.
"When you attempted to register your trademark in 2012, I opposed it for 'likelihood of confusion'
(which is within my legal right) given I filed for my registered trademark back in 2010 (two years before
Candy Crush Saga existed),” Ransom said. “Now, after quietly battling this trademark opposition for a
year, I have learned that you now want to cancel my Candy Swipe trademark so that I don't have the
right to use my own game's name."
Payoff charged that King obtained the rights to a game called Candy Crusher, which permitted it to test
his own particular trademark holding Candy.
On the other hand, recently, Ransom supplanted the public statement presented on his site with the
following message:
“I am happy to announce that I have amicably resolved my dispute with King over my CandySwipe
trademark and that I am withdrawing my opposition to their mark and they are withdrawing their
counterclaim against mine. I have learned that they picked the CANDY CRUSH name before I released
my game and that they were never trying to take my game away. Both our games can continue to
coexist without confusing players.”
Back in March, The Banner Saga designer Stoic likewise said it arrived at a concurrence with King, which
empowers both gatherings to ensure their particular trademarks. King has since derelict its deliberations
to trademark the word "candy".