One of those companies that had copied "Pong" was Allied Leisure, which had released its "Paddle Battle" arcade game in early 1973. When the market shifted from the two-player to four-player table tennis versions in mid-1973, Allied Leisure produced two new arcade games, "Tennis Tourney" and "Ric-o-chet", both which Midway stated caused demand for the two-player "Winner" to drop dramatically. To stay competitive, Midway acquired one of Allied's games to compare the printed circuit board to that from "Winner" as to determine what was the new components for making it a four-player game, and added that to "Winner" board, and released as "Winner IV". Allied Leisure filed suit against Midway claiming copyright infringement of using its printed circuit board design in making "Winner IV" and unfair competition, but the judge failed to agree to a preliminary injunction, ruling that while a drawing of the printed circuit board may have copyright protection, the physical board itself would not and instead would be covered by patents, which were not involved in this case. The case was settled out of court in 1974 for undisclosed terms, believed due to factors relating to a short downturn in the market, as David Braun, the CEO of Allied Leisure had said in 1974 that "th video game is yesterday's newspaper." The settlement was also likely due to pressure from the patent issues that had arisen around the home versions of "Pong" in the first generation of consoles that were occurring simultaneously.