Julius Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) So, this is huge. Quote Filing of Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pocket Pair Inc. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minami-ku, Kyoto, President & CEO: Shuntaro Furukawa, hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), in collaboration with The Pokémon Company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocket Pair Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: 2-10-2 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as the "Defendant") in the Tokyo District Court on September 18, 2024. This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and damages for allegedly infringing multiple patents by the game "Palworld" developed and distributed by the defendant. In order to protect our important intellectual property, which we have built up through many years of efforts, we will continue to take necessary measures against infringement of intellectual property, including our brand. For some examples of why this action is being taken: There was also a lot of discussion around the animations and designs in the game's own thread which might help anyone who has missed all of this news get caught up. News came out just last week that the game was expected to feature at next week's Tokyo Game Show ahead of a potential announcement of a PS5 version of the game, the existence of which had seemingly leaked. Curious to see if any of those plans change. Edited September 19 by Julius 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Good for them. It's rip off designs are pretty blatant. Nintendo must have just been making sure everything was in order before going after them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcubed Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) Shocking that it took them this long. The asset theft is so blatant that it may as well have been an Ace Attorney case. Can't help but feel that the damage has already been done. Pocket Pal have already made out like bandits, and the courts may not side with Nintendo for having taken too long to bring the matter to them I fear... Still, it's interesting that they're approaching this from a patent infringement perspective, rather than a copyright infringement perspective... Sounds like they have an interesting battle plan here, perhaps with the goal of opening up Pocket Pal to Discovery; where they will inevitably find more incriminating evidence of their asset theft… Edited September 19 by Dcubed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen-i Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 OK, first of all... Cheered me right up this morning. Thinking about the blatant artistic theft here still makes me feel sick. Although, I have been sick recently, so that probably isn't helping. Secondly... 5 hours ago, Dcubed said: Still, it's interesting that they're approaching this from a patent infringement perspective, rather than a copyright infringement perspective... It might be both, for how vague it is. Here's an excellent post detailing some facts about it. Nintendo deffo think they have a case here. Will be interesting to see what the play is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Glen-i said: Will be interesting to see what the play is. I thought it was clear what the play is? This all sounds like lawyer speak for Edited September 19 by Julius 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Quite some interesting clones there. A few I think may have been reaching a bit, and others I see other Pokémon instead of the ones that video showed, there were two I would've said we more Lilligant than the ones they shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 It seems that the TGS listing for the PS5 version is no longer being advertised. I wonder if Sony no longer wants it on the platform due to the lawsuit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen-i Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 24 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: It seems that the TGS listing for the PS5 version is no longer being advertised. I wonder if Sony no longer wants it on the platform due to the lawsuit? Probably, and it would be the smart move. This lawsuit hasn't just materialised on a whim. There's a very good chance Nintendo have a leg to stand on. It's amusing, people on Era were speculating that Sony might step in to back up Pocket Pair. Mate, if anything I was certain they'd wanna distance themselves ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 I think it's funny they got their dad to go beat them up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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