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Palworld developer reports Nintendo's suing over 3 Pokémon patents for only $66,000 in damages, but a videogame IP lawyer says fighting the lawsuit could mean 'burning millions of dollars'

We finally know which patents Pocketpair and Nintendo are battling over.

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"Nintendo is not asserting patents on genuine technological inventions but trying to monopolize game rules" The patents for the Palworld lawsuit have finally been revealed — filed after the game launch

Pocketpair have announced the patents Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld is claiming infringement. The 3 patents are related specifically to gameplay mechanics and were filed after Palworld’s launch.

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Palworld developer reveals the exact patents it's alleged to have infringed upon in the Nintendo lawsuit, and they all have application dates after the survival game's release

Pocketpair says it will "continue to assert our position in this case through future legal proceedings"

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Palworld dev tells haters to "do yourself a favor" and "stop thinking" about the survival game: "Who wants to dedicate time and energy to things they don't like?"

"Vibes"-based Palworld accusations are "particularly silly"

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Unlike Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit, legal expert expects Sega's patent dispute to be settled "relatively soon"

Sega's issues with mobile RPG dev Bank of Innovation make for “the kind of lawsuit that usually goes on behind closed doors”

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Pal-dora's Box yawns open as Sega sues MementoMori developers over mechanic patents, seeking 1 billion yen in damages

Smaller Japanese studios are getting put through the wringer, recently.

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A month after Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit, Sega files its own patent infringement claim against idle RPG devs' gacha mechanics

Sega is seeking 1 billion yen in damages from MementoMori developer Bank of Innovation

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Nintendo is shedding its veneer of kindness and embracing a new reputation: Vigorous legal bully

Nintendo is speedrunning the Disney playbook. We all know where that goes.

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Palworld escapes indefinite delay, launches on PS5 in Japan today despite the survival game's ongoing legal battle with Nintendo

It launched on PS5 in 68 other countries last week

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Despite the looming Nintendo lawsuit, PUBG publisher Krafton is bringing Palworld to mobile devices

Krafton's announcement comes just a couple weeks after Nintendo launched its legal action against Pocketpair.

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Palworld is headed to mobile, and its devs have teamed up with PUBG's Krafton to make it so as a Nintendo lawsuit brews: "It plans to ... implement the original’s main fun elements to fit the mobile environment"

Palworld developer Pocketpair and PUBG publisher Krafton are teaming up to bring the game to mobile, even as a legal battle with Nintendo looms on the horizon.

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Palworld shows no signs of stopping as the PUBG studio signs up to turn the survival game into a mobile game, even as a lawsuit with Nintendo rumbles on

Krafton says the "main fun elements" of Palworld will be "faithfully" implemented

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Nintendo is filing for the patents it's suing Palworld with in the US as well, though some (non-final) rejections could complicate matters

One-two punch.

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Nintendo could be looking to take the Palworld lawsuit overseas, but 1 attorney suggests it may be harder to win in the US than in Japan

It's not clear at this point if it'll win the case in Japan, either

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Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld isn't just bad for the industry, it's bad for Nintendo

Can the tension of "family friendly nice guys" and "we sue everyone and sent a disabled person to jail" really continue existing in perpetuity?

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Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo could've been planning its Pocketpair lawsuit before Palworld even released: 'If you know who you're going to go sue, you can draft claims to target them'

Nintendo had filed amendments for its patents in the run-up to Palworld's launch.

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Videogame patent lawyer says Nintendo is taking a risk with its Palworld lawsuit: 'They've exposed themselves in a big way'

"If you're too broad, then you've given them a pathway to make the patent go away."

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A videogame patent lawyer breaks down Nintendo's risky Palworld lawsuit: 'It definitely feels like a punishment'

A crash course in videogame patent law and the legal minefield Nintendo's navigating by suing Pocketpair.

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“This could be just the first pounding of Nintendo’s giant global IP protection hammer” — industry experts weigh in on why we should be concerned over Palworld lawsuit

We take a closer look at Nintendo's upcoming battle with Pocketpair, creators of Palworld, and the implications of Nintendo's patent infringement claims on the wider gaming industry.

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Despite shadow dropping in 68 other countries, Palworld on PS5 is indefinitely skipping Japan amid Nintendo's lawsuit

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed the lawsuit in Tokyo

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Palworld powers through Nintendo's lawsuit to launch on PS5 today

Surprise!

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Japanese patent law expert says Nintendo may have strengthened its claims specifically to target Palworld

Many of Nintendo's patents were registered after Palworld's launch

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Nintendo lawsuit could see Palworld reworked or removed and is an investment in "unspoken fear," lawyer says: "Don’t cross us and we won’t do it to you"

An injunction against Palworld could have multiple effects

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Amid the Palworld dispute, one analyst says Nintendo only strikes when it wants to because it "could have sued half the gaming industry back in 2017"

"They have thousands and thousands of patents on other things"

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IP expert says Nintendo probably doesn't own patents strong enough to "prevent Pocketpair from making Palworld," and this "may boil down to nothing but bullying"

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