Nintendo and Pokémon are suing Palworld maker Pocketpair
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6QV6K)
A screenshot from Palworld. | Image: Pocketpair Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, which makes the game Palworld.
From Nintendo's press release:
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto, Minami-ku, Japan; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo" hereafter), together with The Pokemon Company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court against Pocketpair, Inc. (HQ: 2-10-2 Higashigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Defendant" hereafter) on September 18, 2024.
This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights.
In response, Pocketpair issued a statement...