If standard playing cards are used, the penalty card, or the 'kaiser,' is the three of spades.

Kaiser is a trick-taking game played with a 32-card deck. 'I am very satisfied with the outcome as it was essentially the objective from the start,' he wrote. The resolution requires that Baudais not use Kaiser in any business or products, said Currie, who lives in Saskatoon. Currie said that as part of the resolution, Baudais also agreed to update all prior downloads of the app to the new name. Magic Data confirmed in an email that the lawsuit is over. Magic Data, has accepted his offer to change the name of the app and that the issue is now resolved. I probably would have needed a second mortgage on my house and I couldn't drag my family through that.'īaudais said the trademark holder, K.C. 'It didn't really take too long to figure out that it wasn't going to be worth it to me to continue. So far the app has made about $1500,' Baudais, who lives in Thode, said in an email. 'Basically I was told by my lawyer that the full court process to invalidate the trademark would cost somewhere in the neighbourhood of $150,000.

The game, which has roots in Saskatchewan and Quebec, is mostly known as Kaiser in Saskatchewan but some people also call it Troika or Three-Spot. Tod Baudais began selling an app for Kaiser earlier this year, but another programmer in the province who said he owns the trademark took legal action.īaudais vowed to fight, claiming the name Kaiser has been associated with the game in Saskatchewan for decades.īut he now says the challenge would cost thousands of dollars, so he's decided to call his app Troika instead. A Saskatchewan programmer says it's cheaper for him to simply call his Kaiser card game app something else rather than fight a lawsuit over the name.

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