@picandocodigo@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days agoNintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld)www.nintendo.co.jpexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up169cross-posted to: games@hexbear.netgames@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.worksgames@lemmit.online
arrow-up169external-linkNintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld)www.nintendo.co.jp@picandocodigo@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: games@hexbear.netgames@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.worksgames@lemmit.online
minus-square@nonprofitparrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-221 hours agoAlmost literally. They patented: catching characters in thrown balls calling on characters by throwing a ball using captured characters to fight and harvest resources
minus-squareMatija Šukljelinkfedilink2•19 hours ago@nonprofitparrot, if you have the links to the patents at hand, it would be grand if you can share them. @peopleproblems
minus-square@nonprofitparrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 hours agoScroll past the nintendo switch. https://imgur.com/gallery/pokemons-patent-vs-palworld-jp-7398425-b-zFDuKSc To be clear, no official source has released these patents as definitively relevant to this case. But they sure look relevant.
minus-squareMatija Šukljelinkfedilink1•10 hours ago@nonprofitparrot thank you. Interesting. I wonder if those are about the Pokeball controller/peripheral (more likely given the time) or the in-game throwing.
Almost literally. They patented:
catching characters in thrown balls
calling on characters by throwing a ball
using captured characters to fight and harvest resources
@nonprofitparrot, if you have the links to the patents at hand, it would be grand if you can share them.
@peopleproblems
Scroll past the nintendo switch. https://imgur.com/gallery/pokemons-patent-vs-palworld-jp-7398425-b-zFDuKSc
To be clear, no official source has released these patents as definitively relevant to this case. But they sure look relevant.
@nonprofitparrot thank you.
Interesting. I wonder if those are about the Pokeball controller/peripheral (more likely given the time) or the in-game throwing.