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Nintendo’s gameplay patent could collapse under legal fire in a shock move by the head of the U.S. Patent Office

Nintendo’s U.S. patent strategy faces a major setback. The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has taken the rare step of ordering a reexamination of Nintendo’s controversial patent that covers the mechanic of summoning a helper character to fight in manual or automatic modes.

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Nintendo's patent fight against Palworld over Pokemon mechanics "further" undermined, IP expert says, as US Patent and Trademark lead calls controversial summoning patent into question

The summoning patent was brought into the spotlight in September

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Japanese patent officials reject one of Nintendo's Pokémon patent applications for being too similar to ARK, Monster Hunter, and—embarrasingly—Pokémon Go

While not directly relevant to the ongoing Palworld lawsuit, the refusal could strengthen Pocketpair's defense.

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Japanese patent office casts doubt on 2 Nintendo Pokemon-catching patents in the Palworld lawsuit, saying Monster Hunter, Ark, and Pocketpair's own Craftopia all did it before

The prior art is stacking up

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Nintendo's patent relevant to the Palworld case has been rejected by Japan's office for lacking originality — what happens next?

Nintendo’s patent fight over Palworld takes a blow as Japan’s patent office rejects one of its “monster capture” patents, citing older games like ARK and Pokémon GO, and potentially bolstering Pocketpair’s defense.

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Gaming’s AI crossroads: PUBG maker leans in, Palworld pushes back. Here's what's going on.

Krafton has announced a major shift toward AI-driven game development, investing heavily in automation and “Agentic AI” systems, while Palworld studio Pocketpair takes the opposite approach, refusing to work with generative AI. The contrast highlights a growing split in how studios view the role of AI in gaming’s future.

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Palworld dev's new publishing label isn't interested in AI slop: "If you're big on AI stuff ... we're not the right partner for that"

Pocketpair Publishing boss John Buckley says "we don't believe in" AI-generated games

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Palworld studio Pocketpair says its new publishing division won't handle games that use generative AI: 'We don't believe in it'

Pocketpair Publishing boss John Buckley says we're already starting to see a flood of 'really low-quality, AI-made games' on Steam and other storefronts.

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Palworld is getting a spooktacular new Halloween update featuring costumes and "mystery" just like in 2024, despite Pocketpair saying "things will be a little quiet" in preparation for 1.0

Happy Palloween, gamers

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"We're doing just fine:" Palworld dev addresses hate surrounding the survival game, says it's just "an easy 500k views" that "doesn't actually have any impact on the game"

"It is what it is"

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Former Nintendo marketing leads theorize the company is finding a "backdoor angle" to use while suing AI creators over fake Pokemon content, "kind of like with Palworld"

"Nintendo's lawyers are very good"

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"Nintendo is so wrong, it hurts" – US IP expert says Nintendo claiming mods don't invalidate its Pokemon patents is "just a loser argument" and a "Hail Mary" in its ongoing legal fight with Palworld

"I would never make that argument in a million years"

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'Now you've got no excuses': Palworld is teaming up with Core Keeper for a Steam Autumn sale bundle because the folks over at Pocketpair are 'just big fans'

From one indie survival crafting game to another.

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Capcom legend tackles Palworld-Nintendo battle and manages to annoy almost everyone: 'It's a game that transcends the boundaries of war'

Yoshiki Okamoto reckons fans shouldn't even be playing it while a lawsuit's active.

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Resident Evil and Street Fighter veteran faces backlash after saying "please don't buy" Palworld, claiming Pocketpair "crossed a line that should not be crossed," and admitting he has not played Palworld

Yoshiki Okamoto does not "want the world to become a place where this kind of thing is acceptable"

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Palworld dev is "worried many of you haven’t played" Core Keeper, "one of the best games on Steam," so now the two survival games are bundled together and even cheaper in the Steam Autumn Sale

The devs are "just big fans"

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New Palworld update will remind console users "every 15 minutes" if they're pushing their world settings too far, which, believe it or not, is actually an improvement on the last patch

It's better than nothing, I guess?

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As Palworld gears up for another indie collab, dev says "it's a dream come true to be trusted by the developers of our favorite games" and the Terraria and Ultrakill crossovers happened because "we like them"

"We are massive Terraria and Ultrakill fans"

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Palworld dev seemingly fires back at comparisons between life sim spin-off Palfarm and Pokemon Pokopia, says he's "surprised" folks think Pocketpair has "wizard-level developers able to make a game in 1 week"

"The tinfoil hats are out in force"

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A week after saying it was going quiet for the rest of the year, Palworld announces a crossover with the brilliant and bloodstained shooter Ultrakill

Nintendo's really gonna love this one.

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Pocketpair announces Palfarm, a Palworld 'cozy life' farm sim spinoff where you can still give a monkey an assault rifle, but like, cozily

I suppose coziness is relative.

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Palworld's new farming sim spin-off has been in the works "for over a year now," but Pocketpair is still hiding "something even CRAZIER" that's not been announced yet

Palfarm might be exciting, but Pocketpair is apparently working on something even better

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Pocketpair's latest 'Palworld' game might make Nintendo patent farming mechanics — 'Palfarm' gets cozy with early access

Hot on the heels of Nintendo's own Pokemon cozy farming life sim, Palworld has its own on the way too.

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After Terraria, Palworld devs team up with another indie legend: FPS Ultrakill, and you're not gonna believe this, it's got guns: "Blood is fuel. Hell is full"

Palworld's next crossover is with cult FPS Ultrakill

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Palworld devs announce Palfarm, a multiplayer farming life sim with less survival game grit and more Stardew Valley energy, days after Nintendo reveals Pokemon farming and crafting game Pokopia

Palworld: Palfarm is exactly what it sounds like

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