The Nintendo Company and The Pokemon Company today during Japanese Standard Time have filed a lawsuit against ‘Palworld’ developer Pocketpair, citing infringements on “multiple patent rights”. The press release on the company’s IR Newsroom site was tightlipped on the details, but both Nintendo and TPC seek compensation for damages on these grounds.
Have a gander below for the full press release by Nintendo. Palworld is currently available on Xbox Game Pass and PC via Steam—being a survival title with pocket monster elements that saw great success when the game launched last year.
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto, Minami-ku, Japan; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, “Nintendo” hereafter), together with The Pokémon Company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court against Pocketpair, Inc. (HQ: 2-10-2 Higashigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, “Defendant” hereafter) on September 18, 2024.
This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights.
Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights including the Nintendo brand itself, to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years.
