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Palworld Developer Shares More Details About Nintendo’s Lawsuit Against the Game
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Palworld Developer Shares More Details About Nintendo’s Lawsuit Against the Game

When Palworld debuted earlier this year, its similarities to Pokémon led observers to expect a legal response from Nintendo. That finally happened in September, when Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair in a Japanese court alleging infringement of the company’s patents. Now, Pocketpair has shared details about which patents Nintendo’s claims are based on and how much money the company wants from the case.

published pocket pair a summary of the informationwhich reveals that the three Japanese patents in question are No. 7545191, No. 7493117and No. 7528390. All three patents were registered earlier this year. Instead of going after Palworld for its Pokémon-like creatures, the patents appear to focus on the mechanics of throwing a ball at characters, riding characters in the game, and shooting targets.

The lawsuit seeks an injunction against Palworld, plus payments of 5 million yen (roughly equivalent to just under $33,000) (with late fees) to both Nintendo and The Pokemon Company. The details of the lawsuit largely match predictions made earlier this year by Kantan Games CEO and video game analyst Serkan Toto. At the time, Toto believed that Nintendo’s allegedly infringed patents would be “very technical” in nature and that Pocketpair would eventually be forced to settle with Nintendo.

So far, Poketpair hasn’t slowed down its ambitions for Palworld. The game was recently ported to PlayStation 5 and was even released in Japan despite the ongoing lawsuit. Poketpair has also reached an agreement with Sony to form Palworld Entertainmentwhich will expand the franchise and create new products and licensing opportunities.