Am I reading the patent info right? The patents were applied after palworld came out?
Here are the patents Nintendo and the Pokémon Company are suing Palworld about, according to Pocketpair
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kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
If those are the only 3 items they’re suing over, in an American court of law it’d be a slam dunk for PocketPair. Theres so much prior art, open use, and poor definitions involved the patents would be quickly invalidated.
But I’m not aware of the nuance of Japanese court, only that they tend to protect IP even more strongly than US courts.
Dagnet@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They literally patented riding creatures lol they could sue fucking red dead redemption, it is complete insanity
Clasm@ttrpg.network 5 months ago
Monster Hunter as well.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I went and bought several Pokemon-Like games after this whole debacle started. Made sure to get the physical versions, too.
Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
I don’t know about the legality of if either, but it seems so broken for them to have submitted these patent applications AFTER the game released, getting them accepted a few months later. That’s fucking stupid, right?