Elektronorgtechnica
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Elektronorgtechnica better known abbreviated as ELORG, is the former Soviet Ministry of Software and Hardware Export that was responsible for the licensing and development of the popular video game Tetris
. As the game was owned by the state (Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences
), all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG.
The company was also associated with the export of Soviet design calculators, Electronika being one brand that was exported, rebranding them as ELORG products.
ELORG is now reportedly a privatised Russian company which has retained the rights to the "Tetris
" trademark
. ELORG was a partner in The Tetris Company which licences the Tetris name to game companies, along with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and businessman Henk Rogers
. The Tetris Company has since acquired full control over the Tetris mark.
Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
. As the game was owned by the state (Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
), all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG.
The company was also associated with the export of Soviet design calculators, Electronika being one brand that was exported, rebranding them as ELORG products.
ELORG is now reportedly a privatised Russian company which has retained the rights to the "Tetris
Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
" trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
. ELORG was a partner in The Tetris Company which licences the Tetris name to game companies, along with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and businessman Henk Rogers
Henk Rogers
Henk Rogers is a video game designer and entrepreneur. He is known for producing Japan's first major turn-based role-playing video game The Black Onyx, securing the rights to distribute Tetris on video game consoles where the game found popularity, and as the founder of The Tetris Company which...
. The Tetris Company has since acquired full control over the Tetris mark.