94 Nintendo and The Pokémon Company join to sue Pocketpair (developers of Palworld) in Tokyo for patent infringement (www.nintendo.co.jp) posted 94 days ago by redman012 94 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
Case law already allows game systems to be patented unfortunately. See the Nemesis system. Where Nintendo should lose here is that Palworld isn't the first copycat. If they didn't go after everyone they can't go after anyone.
That's generally reserved for trademark infringement.