Here are the patents Nintendo and the Pokémon Company are suing Palworld about, according to Pocketpair

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• kata1yst@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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  • Dagnet@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They literally patented riding creatures lol they could sue fucking red dead redemption, it is complete insanity

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    • Clasm@ttrpg.network ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Monster Hunter as well.

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  • Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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?

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  • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I went and bought several Pokemon-Like games after this whole debacle started. Made sure to get the physical versions, too.

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• ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Am I reading the patent info right? The patents were applied after palworld came out?

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