Banilla Games expands anti-piracy campaign to Pennsylvania

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Banilla Games is a highly successful designer, developer, and distributor of products for various board, nudge, skill, redemption, and amusement game markets. In particular, Banilla's "Fusion" line of electronic skill games has seen tremendous commercial success.

The success of Banilla's games has led a few unscrupulous individuals and entities to sell counterfeit versions of Banilla's games. While "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," Banilla takes seriously the protection of its games (and their underlying intellectual property ("IP")); utilizing all means necessary to stop the proliferation of counterfeit games. Accordingly, Banilla began an IP enforcement campaign in late 2021.

Earlier this year, Banilla expanded its IP enforcement campaign into Pennsylvania, filing three lawsuits against accused infringers, and sending notice to a number of other infringers. Last week, Banilla resolved one of those matters on terms favorable to Banilla, including a meaningful monetary recovery, and as also reflected in the stipulated permanent injunction agreed to by the defendants.

To date, Banilla has brought 36 cases for IP infringement against locations, route operators, and domestic and Chinese manufacturers who place and traffic in counterfeit Banilla products. Cases have been in ten federal judicial districts across six states. The awards and settlements in those cases include several "six-figure" amounts, including an award of damages and attorneys' fees in Texas for $338,883.95 for willful infringement.