Emirat AG v. WS Packaging Group, Inc.

Easterbrook, Circuit Judge.

Sabafon, a telephone company based in Yemen, wanted to buy cards that would provide its customers with prepaid minutes of phone use. To make these cards more attractive, Sabafon wanted to add a game of chance. Both the number that would supply phone time and the symbols representing prizes were to be covered by a scratch-off coating. (An opaque coating prevents the numbers and symbols from being discovered before the cards are sold, and it also prevents buyers from knowing in advance which parts of the card contain the winning boxes.) Emirat, a German firm in the…