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.
Pokemon is almost 30 years old. Patents expire because they are meant to promote innovation by giving inventors a competitive advantage over anyone who lurks about waiting for other people to do the R&D for them, and not stifle innovation by giving inventors a permanent veto over who gets to iterate on their invention. So a lawsuit on those grounds years after any such patent would have expired is clearly invalid.
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.
Pokemon is almost 30 years old. Patents expire because they are meant to promote innovation by giving inventors a competitive advantage over anyone who lurks about waiting for other people to do the R&D for them, and not stifle innovation by giving inventors a permanent veto over who gets to iterate on their invention. So a lawsuit on those grounds years after any such patent would have expired is clearly invalid.
Palworld came out in February.
The relevant patent was issued in May.
Nintendo has no case.
What if they had a lot of money and rabid fanboys instead?