▲ 70 ▼ Nintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld) (www.nintendo.co.jp) submitted 2 years ago by picandocodigo@lemmy.world [M] to c/nintendo@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (2 children) Patent rights? You gotta be kidding me. The hell did they patent? Throwing a ball? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Apparently, in their LONG list of patents, is one for the in-game Pokemon Storage Box. Just speculation, of course, but that could be one the Pokemon Company cites. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago An inventory system, WAOW permalink fedilink source parent [–] nonprofitparrot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Almost literally. They patented: catching characters in thrown balls calling on characters by throwing a ball using captured characters to fight and harvest resources permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) @nonprofitparrot, if you have the links to the patents at hand, it would be grand if you can share them. @peopleproblems permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nonprofitparrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Apparently, in their LONG list of patents, is one for the in-game Pokemon Storage Box. Just speculation, of course, but that could be one the Pokemon Company cites. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago An inventory system, WAOW permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago An inventory system, WAOW permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nonprofitparrot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Almost literally. They patented: catching characters in thrown balls calling on characters by throwing a ball using captured characters to fight and harvest resources permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) @nonprofitparrot, if you have the links to the patents at hand, it would be grand if you can share them. @peopleproblems permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nonprofitparrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hook@toot.si 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) @nonprofitparrot, if you have the links to the patents at hand, it would be grand if you can share them. @peopleproblems permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nonprofitparrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nonprofitparrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hook@toot.si 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent