The dispute between the Russian studio Black Sun Game Publishing (BSGP) and the co-founder of the company “Akella” Dmitry Arkhipov about the rights to the franchise “Corsairs” was not resolved in favor of the latter. Arkhipov’s company was unable to challenge the court’s decision on the early termination of trademark protection.

The story around the new “Corsairs” has taken an unexpected turn. Director Mail.Ru Games Ventures Ilya Karpinsky said in his Facebook post that his fund is ready to invest $ 1 million in the development of the game. However, to do this, developers will need to create a prototype of the game.

On February 20, the Russian developer Black Sun Game Publishing announced a fundraising campaign for the creation of the game “Corsairs: The Black Mark” (“Corsairs 4”). The next day, Dmitry Arkhipov, co-founder of Akella, the developer and publisher of the first three parts, said that the creators of the new game do not have rights to the trademark of the series. App2Top.ru I talked to representatives of both sides of the conflict.