94 Nintendo and The Pokémon Company join to sue Pocketpair (developers of Palworld) in Tokyo for patent infringement (www.nintendo.co.jp) posted 72 days ago by redman012 72 days ago by redman012 +95 / -1 News Release : Sep. 19, 2024 "Filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc." Press release of Nintendo Co., Ltd. 52 comments share 52 comments share save hide report block hide replies
On what basis? That release doesn't say anything.
Assuming that Palworld didn't infringe anything, here's hoping they made enough money during early access to properly defend themselves.
On the basis of "we don't like our product being exposed as inferior to yours, and we bet we have more money to blow on lawyers than you do."