according toCNNaccording toAccording to the news, CryptoKitties has released three ether cats in the shape of NBA star Stephen Curry, which are expected to be sold in six figures. But soon after, a company called Founder Starcoin (a subsidiary of Tradestar) claimed that CryptoKitties had plagiarized its idea and took it to court.

Recently, the U.S. District Court dismissed Tradestar's lawsuit.

Headquartered in Texas, USA, Tradestar is a service company specializing in providing solutions for the electrical industry. The plaintiff, Tradestar CEO Jevon Feinblatt, said that in February 2018, he had discussed cooperation with CryptoKitties by Email. During this period, Tradestar revealed many confidential details to CryptoKitties, including the distribution of star Stephen Curry related merchandise. At the same time, CryptoKitties reached a cooperation intention with Tradestar and signed a non-disclosure agreement. But after several months, Tradestar was still told that it could not cooperate for the time being.

Until May 7, when Encryption Kitties announced that the Stephen Curry version of Mysterious Love Cat was on the shelves, Tradestar planned to sue. According to the lawsuit, two investors expressed their willingness to invest in Tradestar after learning the confidential information of the new product from CryptoKitties, but now they have turned to invest in CryptoKitties. Loss to Tradestar.

A spokesperson for Encryption Kitties said: "The other company's accusation that we violated the non-disclosure agreement is a false accusation and there is no moral at all."

But not long after, CryptoKitties stopped selling the Stephen Curry version of Mysterious Love Cat. They explained: "Stephen Curry's participation in the CurryKitties game is a little bit different from our original imagination. Therefore, in We need to suspend all arrangements related to this game until we are 100% sure that Stephen Curry himself will actively participate in this game."

In fact, for CryptoKitties, the Stephen Curry version of MysteryKitties is a very important product, because it is the first EtherKitties product that imitates the appearance and experience of celebrities, and it is also an important product for CryptoKitties to expand its scale .

Since its official debut in November last year, CryptoKitties have been quickly welcomed and sought after by gamers. One CryptoKitties was even sold for nearly $800,000. The popularity of the game even caused congestion on the Ethereum network. In March, Cryptocat Game Design Studio announced that it would leave Axiom Zen and set up a new company consisting of more than 20 people, and successfully obtained external financial support of 12 million US dollars.However, interest has dropped off dramatically over the past few months. As venture capital firm Greylock Partners in its latest report onDApps report

pointed out that the number of daily active users of Encryption Kitties is less than 1,000. Even at its peak, the number of DApp users may only be 14,000 per day.

Therefore, Encryption Kitties actively seeks cooperation. Partnered with Garfield developer Animoca Brands to launch a mobile version of CryptoKitties in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. At the same time, Encryption Kitties also plans to launch a test application for iOS in mainland China. In addition, mobile phone manufacturer HTC announced on July 10 that it intends to embed CryptoKitties games into HTC devices starting from HTC U12 Plus.The dismissal of the Tradestar lawsuit by the U.S. District Court is undoubtedly good news for CryptoKitties, but it can also reveal the predicament of CryptoKitties, because people's interest in games comes and goes quickly. So how to maintain the heat may be a problem facing the entire blockchain game industry.

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