What I always hear is that companies will send C&D letters to small ventures, because it creates precedence. Without that, a company loses the right to sue.
I wonder how true that actually is.
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 days agoCoromon didn’t get a huge media deal that could have the potential undermine the Pokemon franchise. Nintendo going after them would be just needless friction since patent lawsuits are hellish
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 6 days ago
catloaf@lemm.ee 6 days ago
That’s more trademark law, not patent or copyright. At least in the US, I don’t know if Japan is different.
Grimy@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I also thing location has to do with it. The dev team behind Coromon are in Europe while both Nintendo and the Palworld devs are in Japan.
From what I understand from a previous article, japanese patent laws can be quite strict.