picandocodigo@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld)www.nintendo.co.jpexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up171
arrow-up171external-linkNintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld)www.nintendo.co.jppicandocodigo@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months agoPatent rights? You gotta be kidding me. The hell did they patent? Throwing a ball?
minus-squareHideakikarate@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoApparently, 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.
minus-squarenonprofitparrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months 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 Šuklje@toot.silinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago@nonprofitparrot, if you have the links to the patents at hand, it would be grand if you can share them. @peopleproblems
minus-squarenonprofitparrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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 Šuklje@toot.silinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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.
Patent rights? You gotta be kidding me. The hell did they patent? Throwing a ball?
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.
An inventory system, WAOW
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.