Enlarge / Artist's conception of Pocketpair lawyers establishing a defensive position against Nintendo's coming legal onslaught. (credit: Pocketpair) Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced they have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, the makers of the heavily Pokémon-inspired Palworld. The Tokyo District Court lawsuit seeks an injunction and damages "on the grounds that Palworld infringes multiple patent rights" according to the announcement. "Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights including the Nintendo brand itself, to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years," the company writes. The many surface similarities between Pokémon and Palworld are readily apparent, even though Pocketpair's game adds many new features over Nintendo's (such as, uh, guns).
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Kyle Orland, Ars Technica
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 6:02pm
BING NEWS:
- Palworld gets 1st expansion with Feybreak on December 23
Pocket Pair unveiled its first expansion, Feybreak, for Palworld, the survival action-adventure game, coming on December 23.
12/12/2024 - 8:50 pm | View Link - Palworld update changes some Pokémon-like throwing mechanics following Nintendo lawsuit
We may be seeing the first fruits of Nintendo’s lawsuit against Palworld as the survival game has changed the way players summon its totally-not-Pokémon pocket monsters. According to the latest patch ...
12/10/2024 - 10:25 pm | View Link - Amid ‘Pokémon’ Patent Lawsuit, Pocket Pair Removes Sphere-Throwing From ‘Palworld’ Summoning Mechanics
As Nintendo and The Pokémon Company pursue their patent lawsuit, Pocket Pair has removed summoning via sphere-throwing from 'Palworld'.
12/10/2024 - 8:56 pm | View Link - Palworld Removes Pokemon Inspired Summoning Amid Nintendo Lawsuit
Palworld, lovingly referred to as "Pokemon with guns", is currently undergoing a legal dispute with Nintendo over similar mechanics. One of the mechanics that Nintendo claims Palworld has taken right ...
12/10/2024 - 6:10 am | View Link - Palworld removes Pokeball-like mechanic following Nintendo lawsuit
Palworld developer Pocketpair seems to be making changes to its hit survival game in an effort to tone down similarities with the Pokemon franchise. The game recently released an update that removed ...
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