The founders of Playdead, Dino Patti and Arnt Jensen, have ended up in a public spat over intellectual property issues. 

This goes back to a now-deleted LinkedIn post from 2024, in which Patti shared a picture that was owned by Jensen. As a result, the latter has demanded DKK 500,000 (around $72,600) from the former in "suitable compensation and reimbursement", according to Game Developer. 

"We want to repeat and caution that your continued use of Playdead's assets and any disclosure and exploitation of inside knowledge about Playdead for commercial purposes is infringing and constitutes breach of confidentiality clauses," Jensen's lawyers wrote in a "legal love letter", posted to LinkedIn by Patti. 

"By providing recipients with core insights to the process of developing Limbo, you are falsely giving the impression that you played a significant role, including a creative role, in the development of the game. This gives a false and misleading impression to business partners and to the game industry as you were not actually an essential part of the creative development of Limbo."

Patti has also claimed that Jensen has tried to "bully" him in the past, which is why he has opted to go public. 

Playdead has since clarified in an email to Game Developer that it has "submitted demands" to Patti regarding what they believe is "infringement and unauthorized use of Playdead's trademarks and copyrighted works in a commercial and marketing context."

The studio continued: "We have found it necessary to take this action to protect our trademarks and copyrights, which are essential to Playdead's business and reputation." 

Playdead was founded in 2006. The studio released two cult indie classics in 2010's Limbo and 2016's Inside. Patti left in 2016, amid reports that he and Jensen had fallen out.