Genting Berhad maintains that the appearance of its Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV) resort, still under construction, could not be confused with that of Wynn Resorts’ trademarked design.

In its disclosure with the Malaysian Stock Exchange, the operator said it had filed its opposition to Wynn’s lawsuit that seeks to stop construction of RWLV according to current design plans, due to similarity in appearance to Wynn properties. Such a petition, Genting said, was based on “speculative extrapolation,” with construction of the resort still at an early stage, and nearly two years before a scheduled 2020 opening.

“The design and construction of [Genting’s] resort and casino are on-going and the completed project, when open for business in late 2020, will look dramatically different from [Wynn’s] properties,” the opposition read.

Included in the opposition were pictures showing how RWLV will look when completed, “to dispel any suggestion that a reasonable consumer could confuse [Genting’s] and [Wynn’s] resort and casino for each other.”