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The official Pocketpair website Pal World game revealed on Friday the three patents that Nintendo and The Pokémon Company alleged patent infringement in their lawsuit against Pocketpair. Furthermore, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are “asking for an injunction against gambling and compensation for part of the damages that occurred between the date of registration of the patents and the date of filing of this action”. Both companies are seeking 5 million yen (about $32,700) plus late payment damages as compensation.
The first target patent, Patent No. 7545191, relates point an object at a character. In other words, it refers to aiming a Poké Ball at a Pokémon to start combat. The second patent, Patent No. 7493117, involves capture a character, specifically a creature, in a field setting. The third relevant patent is Patent No. 7528390, which centers we assemble the creatures.
Pocketpair stated that it will continue to assert its position through future legal proceedings.
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair at the Tokyo District Court on September 18. The lawsuit alleges that the game infringes Nintendo and The Pokémon Companypatent rights and seeks an injunction against infringement as well as damages. pocket pair he responded stating that “he is unaware of the specific patents [it is] accused of infringing, and [it has] has not been notified of such details.” The company said it will initiate legal proceedings and investigations into the claims.
Players and critics initially noted the similarity of the designs of many of the game’s “Pal” creatures to the Pokémon franchisetitular Pokémon. The Pokémon Company launched a declaration soon after Palworld disclosed that it was investigating possible copyright infringement by an unnamed gaming company.
The game had released on PS5 in 68 countries and territories on September 25th, but Pocketpair later stated the game would not be released for PS5 in Japan on the same day. The game ended up releasing on Friday in Japan for PS5 on September 27th.
Pocketpair debuted its Pal World Multiplayer survival game coming January 19th as a Steam Early Access game. The game reached 25 million users within a month of its release.
Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc. and its subsidiary Aniplextogether with Pocketpair, established a new joint venture called Palworld Entertainment in July.
South Korean game developer Krafton signed a licensing agreement with Pocketpair for IP (intellectual property) to expand the game IP to the mobile platform.
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