Pocketpair, the developers of the popular game Palworld have revealed the details behind the recent lawsuit filed against them by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. The lawsuit alleges that Palworld infringes on multiple patents owned by both Nintendo and The Pokémon Company.
Palworld rose to prominence following it’s release on Steam and Xbox Game Pass in game preview at the start of this year. It was immediately compared to the popular Pokémon games, with a focus on catching ‘pals’ and taming them for the player to enslave, do battle with and more.
Following the lawsuit that was filed back in X, Pocketpair have now revealed via a press release that it focuses on three patents that were filed only this year by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, listed as “Patent No. 7545191, Patent No. 7493117 and Patent No. 7528390” but that they sit under an existing ‘parent’ patent, which was actually filed back in 2021.
The ‘parent’ patent in this instance is focused on the capture of creatures by throwing an item, and that once captured, would be owned by the player.
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are seeking an injunction against Palworld, in addition to fines and late payment damages.
Pocketpair have once again asserted that they will fight – stating that “We will continue to assert our position in this case through future legal proceedings“.
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