Comment on Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld isn't just bad for the industry, it's bad for Nintendo

• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Except this isn’t a copyright case. They’re claiming patent infringement.

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  • pyrflie@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The patent expired 10 years ago at the latest and even then It’s an Idea patent so they are squating to quash inovation. Pokemon are at best patent trolls.

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    • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hard to know if the patent is expired when they haven’t even officially announced which ones they plan to bring forward in the suit.

      The only info I was aware of so far is that there were multiple claims they were making.

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    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not disagreeing, just pointing out it’s not a traditional copyright claim like so many others we see.

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  • MrNesser@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So nintendo and palworld are based in Japan which has no fair use on copyright.

    If this became a copyright case in Japan and palworld won it could change the law on copyright fair use in, which Nintendo and other corps don’t want as it would open up new games based on their products under fair use.

    The only way Nintendo can attack palworld is via patent infringement.

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    • ben_dover@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If this became a copyright case in Japan and palworld won it could change the law on copyright fair use

      not every country has case law. most of Europe is eg using “code law”, which means a precedent doesn’t change the law, but only applies to the one specific case with all its specific context and circumstances taken into account

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