1 day Ago By Jeremy Gan
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair, the creators of Palworld, seeking compensation for damages. On January 24, at the height of Palworld’s hype, The Pokemon Company addressed accusations of the game copying Pokemon, saying they intended to investigate it. Nintendo CEO, Shuntaro Furukawa, also responded to concerns of Palworld infringing on their IP, promising they would not hesitate to protect their franchise.
In the months that followed, Palworld’s devs confirmed they hadn’t heard anything from Nintendo’s camp. That all changed on September 19. Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced they have jointly filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair.
Filed on September 18 in the Tokyo District Court, the suit seeks compensation for damages that Pocketpair allegedly caused as the result of their infringement of the Pokemon IP. “This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the ground that Palworld, a game developed by the Defendant, infringed multiple patent rights,” Nintendo writes in their press release. “Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights including the Nintendo brand itself, to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years.
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