What was filed

The complaint is Document 1 in Supergame Pte. Ltd. v. Stick Hunter FZE LLC, No. 5:26-cv-12225-VKD (N.D. Cal.), filed and dated October 20, 2026 (48 pages including exhibits). The case is assigned to Magistrate Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi. The plaintiff is Supergame Pte. Ltd., a Singapore company that the complaint says develops and publishes mobile games. The defendants are Stick Hunter FZE LLC, incorporated in the United Arab Emirates, and Game District LLC (also referred to as M S Game Notch), which the complaint alleges, on information and belief, is a limited liability company headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. Supergame demands a jury trial. (Compl. caption; paras. 10 to 13; p. 21; ECF No. 5.)

The game

The complaint alleges Snake Escape (Google Play) / Snake Escape - Tap Away (Apple App Store) is an original mobile puzzle game in which players guide snakes through grid-based maze levels to an exit, embodying more than 800 original level designs and original visual and graphical works. It alleges another company originally created the game and assigned all rights in it to Supergame on or around December 22, 2025, and that Supergame holds Registration No. PA0002597368, effective April 10, 2026. (Compl. paras. 1 to 2, 11, 26 to 29.)

What the complaint alleges

The complaint alleges Stick Hunter publishes Snake Out: Puzzle Escape on Google Play and Game District publishes the same game as Snake's Way Out on the Apple App Store; that Snake Escape launched on Google Play on or around October 22, 2025 and Stick Hunter released the accused game on or around November 28, 2025; and that the defendants obtained Snake Escape's code through a Codester listing of an unauthorized "Snake Escape Puzzle - 800 Levels and Level Editor" template. It alleges at least 44 levels are substantially identical or similar to Snake Escape levels. It says Supergame first enforced its rights through a March 31, 2026 DMCA notice to Google and a lawsuit in Singapore that was resolved in or around July 2026, and it alleges, on information and belief, that the defendants re-listed Snake Out on Google in or around September 2026. It further alleges that on October 14, 2026 Stick Hunter submitted a DMCA notice to Google and Game District submitted a notice to Apple asserting Snake Escape infringes their game, that Google removed Snake Escape, and that the notices were knowingly false because Snake Escape is the earlier work the defendants copied. It says Supergame has been unable to locate any U.S. copyright registration for the defendants' game and alleges, on information and belief, that none exists. (Compl. paras. 4 to 7, 33 to 39, 47 to 53.)

Counts and relief

Count I pleads copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. 501. Count II pleads knowing material misrepresentation under 17 U.S.C. 512(f). Count III seeks declaratory relief under 28 U.S.C. 2201-2202 that Snake Escape does not infringe any U.S. copyright of the defendants. The prayer asks for declarations of infringement and non-infringement; preliminary and permanent injunctions against exploiting Snake Escape or the accused games and against further takedown notices asserting Snake Escape infringes; an order to recall, impound, and destroy infringing copies and to remove the accused games from app stores; actual damages and profits or, at Supergame's election, statutory damages; damages, costs, and fees under 17 U.S.C. 512(f); costs and attorneys' fees under 17 U.S.C. 505; and interest. (Compl. Counts I to III; Prayer.)