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Pocketpair Confirms Which Patents Nintendo And The Pokemon Company Are Suing It Over (www.thegamer.com)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Pocketpair goes on to say that Palworld has been claimed to infringe on three patents held by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company and that part of the damage is required as compensation.

The first patent is one that most had guessed to be part of the case, as 7545191 refers to the process of capturing and befriending Pokemon, which Palworld apes with its Pal Spheres. The other two patents that are included in the lawsuit, 7493117 and 7528390 haven't been found and detailed just yet, but they're likely also mechanics in Pokemon games that are replicated in Palworld.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The most disgusting part of this is that all of these patents were filed this year, meaning their only purpose is for giving Nintendo an avenue to sue Pocket Pair.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that make them super easy to knock down though? Pal World can just open it's records to show Nintendo's process wasn't novel.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Yes, if you ignore the fact that Nintendo has very deep pockets and Japanese courts are very bribable.