Flappy Bird Creator Reacts To The Return Of His Game
Dong Nguyen breaks his silence about the upcoming rerelease of Flappy Bird and says he has nothing to do with the new game
Via IGN, Roberts purchased the rights to Flappy Bird from a company called Gametech Holdings LLC. Gametech had nothing to do with the creation of Flappy Bird, but it contested Nguyen's original patent for the game with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Gametech argued that Nguyen had abandoned the patent, and the USPTO terminated his claim when he failed to respond to notices about it.
That may be legal, but it also cut the creator of Flappy Bird off from his own creation with little recourse to do anything about it. The vast majority of fans may not even realize that Flappy Bird Foundation has nothing to do with Nguyen. That company's new version of Flappy Bird will reportedly be released later this year on multiple platforms.
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Flappy Bird iOS (iPhone/iPad) AndroidThis story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG
