The lawsuit alleges that the creator of the game, which looks a lot like Pokemon, “infringes multiple patent rights”.Dubbed “Pokemon with guns” by many before it officially launched earlier this year, Palworld was a game that piqued the interest of a lot of gamers.
While the full details of the lawsuit have not been shared, a summary published by Nintendo on its press site notes that Pocketpair, Inc. has infringed “multiple patent rights” in the creation of the game. “Nintendo Co., Ltd. , together with The Pokémon Company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court against Pocketpair, Inc. on September 18, 2024,” a statement from Nintendo published this week reads., a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights.
It remains to be seen what the fate of Palworld will be, or whether courts will indeed find there to be enough grounds to sue Pocketpair, asEither way it will be interesting to see whether Pocketpair is found to be guilty of any wrongdoing, especially given how litigious Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are about their IPs.Editor of Hypertext. Covers smartphones, IoT, 5G, cloud computing and a few things in between.
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