The patents it seems Nintendo is using seems to be the concept of catching critters in balls and then also throwing them out to battle. The one being floated is both google translated and written in legalese, so its hard to determine what it exactly is saying and if its as vague as it sounds.
If that is true though, then it really seems the only case they have against Palworld and not all the others beforehand (which by not attacking voids their claim) is that its a fucking ball and not a different object like all the rest seem to use.
Nintendo is a mega company. Their actions on things like this is how patent law gets defined to begin with.
So if it wasn't allowed prior, it might be now just because they had the lawyers and money to convince people it was. And Japan is way more absurd about the ways you can abuse copyright/patents to begin with.
What exactly is the patent allegedly being infringed? The concept of capturing critters in balls?
The patents it seems Nintendo is using seems to be the concept of catching critters in balls and then also throwing them out to battle. The one being floated is both google translated and written in legalese, so its hard to determine what it exactly is saying and if its as vague as it sounds.
If that is true though, then it really seems the only case they have against Palworld and not all the others beforehand (which by not attacking voids their claim) is that its a fucking ball and not a different object like all the rest seem to use.
How is a fictional concept like that even patentable to begin with? Don't patents have to involve design or utility in real life?
Nintendo is a mega company. Their actions on things like this is how patent law gets defined to begin with.
So if it wasn't allowed prior, it might be now just because they had the lawyers and money to convince people it was. And Japan is way more absurd about the ways you can abuse copyright/patents to begin with.
The court will accuse them of bringing “great dishonour” and demand they commit sepeku on a livestream