▁and ▁others ▁who ▁claimed ▁ownership ▁The ▁popular ity ▁of ▁the ▁puzz le ▁was ▁exponential ▁and ▁many ▁tried ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁were ▁successful ▁in ▁rec oup ing ▁the ▁re wards ▁in ▁s elling ▁f akes . ▁Part ▁of ▁the ▁problem , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁its ▁rapid ▁growth ▁and ▁in ability ▁to ▁ful fill ▁orders ▁tim ely , ▁was ▁the ▁le th arg ic ▁process ▁in ▁obtain ing ▁the ▁pat ent . ▁Whether ▁this ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁fil ing ▁all ▁the ▁required ▁paper work ▁or ▁the ▁government ' s ▁lack ada is ical ▁response ▁or ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁both ▁is ▁unknown . ▁Some ▁counter fe it ers ▁would ▁attempt ▁to ▁rename ▁the ▁game , ▁such ▁as ▁" P igs ▁in ▁St y " ▁or ▁" P igs ▁Running ▁Wild " ▁or ▁some ▁other ▁similar ▁name . ▁L yman ▁Mos es ▁was ▁successful ▁in ▁obtain ing ▁a ▁pre lim inary ▁inj unction ▁in ▁United ▁States ▁district ▁court , ▁northern ▁Illinois , ▁against ▁one ▁im it ator ▁named ▁Burn s ▁for ▁tra dem ark ▁in fr ing ement ▁based ▁on ▁games ▁called ▁" gre ased ▁p igs " ▁and ▁" p igs ▁in ▁the ▁pen ". < ref > P ough ke eps ie ▁Journal ▁ 2 2 ▁May ▁ 1 8 8 9 </ ref > ▁By ▁that ▁time , ▁Mr . ▁L yman ▁had ▁reported ▁the ▁factory ▁production ▁of ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁units / day ▁and ▁sales ▁of ▁over ▁one ▁million . ▁Two ▁people ▁claim ing ▁ownership ▁of