Pocketpair goes on to say that Palworld has been claimed to infringe on three patents held by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company and that part of the damage is required as compensation.
The first patent is one that most had guessed to be part of the case, as 7545191 refers to the process of capturing and befriending Pokemon, which Palworld apes with its Pal Spheres. The other two patents that are included in the lawsuit, 7493117 and 7528390 haven’t been found and detailed just yet, but they’re likely also mechanics in Pokemon games that are replicated in Palworld.
They had some asshole payents back in the day, like npc giving quests IIRC and the directional cross.
Sony had the “stand up and say mcdonalds to continue the game” IIRC.
Is this US only? Can’t imagine it would roll in the EU.
I think its not even US but Nintendo lobbies so massively that they can uphold Japanese copyright Circus in other countries.
In all sane countries its not possible to parent or copyright a idea or concept just a processes of doing something.