Rollic Games Loses Copyright Lawsuit Against Voodoo

Woodturning, the hyper-simple carpentry game from France-based mobile game company Voodoo, has reached 56 million downloads on Android. There are many mobile games on the internet, videos of which have gone viral, that are similar to the one about putting large pieces of wood into a lathe, carving and painting them. One of them is Wood Shop, the game of Rollic Games, a local game company based in Istanbul.

Although the graphics and some visual elements are different, the subject of the productions is the same. Based on this, Voodoo filed a lawsuit against the Turkish company in France in January 2020, alleging plagiarism. While the case was ongoing, Rollic Games joined the US Zynga in August. Last September, the case was concluded and Rollic, that is, Zynga since August 2020, lost.

Legal action was taken against Rollic and Hero Games. However, Voodoo itself is not so innocent:

According to the decision made in France, Rollic's play Wood Shop was both Removal from both Google Play Store and App Store It will be necessary. Additionally, due to unfair competition between Rollic and Hero, 125 thousand euros He is expected to pay a fine. Additionally,  Rollic Games has to publish the outcome of the case in 3 mass magazines or newspapers selected by Voodoo.

Voodoo, which won the case in its own country, said that the result was important for the hyper-simple gaming industry. sets a precedent in his opinion. It is very easy to copy and reproduce hyper-simple games due to their structure. This actually causes both productions to be similar to each other and competition problems between companies. 

Voodoo's history is actually not innocent when it comes to simple games being similar to rival productions. of the company Infinite Golf And The Fish Master Their games attract attention with their similarities to their competitors.