Skillz Platform CEO Details Patent Settlement with AviaGames (1)

Announcing an $80 million settlement with rival AviaGames Inc. didn’t stop Skillz Platform Inc.'s CEO from slamming AviaGames and other competitors he says covertly use bots to hook consumers.

Andrew Paradise described details, including the size of the settlement, of Skillz’s patent-infringement lawsuit against AviaGames on an earnings call Thursday. The call came almost three months after his company won a $42.9 million verdict and less than a month after voluntary dismissal of the case.

Skillz had introduced evidence of Avia’s purported bot during the case, which sparked a class action in the US District Court for the Northern District ...