Can the tension of "family friendly nice guys" and "we sue everyone and sent a disabled person to jail" really continue existing in perpetuity?

Four seemingly corresponding patents were submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (making them legal in North America as well as Japan) and while two of these were filed in September 2022 — before Palworld — the remaining two first appeared in May 2024, following Palworld's release.

On September 19, 2024, Nintendo Co. issued a press release stating that it, along with The Pokémon Company, had

Palworld developer Pocketpair has officially issued a response to Nintendo's allegations of patent infringement, says they are unaware of violations.

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s lawsuit against developer Pocketpair is evidence of the threat posed by Palworld, one patent expert has said. In an article on GamesIndustry.biz, intellectual property expert and associate at law firm MBHB Andrew Velzen argued that the shock lawsuit shows “just how seriously Nintendo views the threat of Palworld.

Following last week's shock announcement Nintendo is suing Palworld maker Pocketpair for the infringement of "multiple patents rights", an IP expert has claimed it's "exceedingly plausible" Nintendo crafted its patent applications specifically to target Palworld.

So it's not like Nintendo's got a patent on the general idea of catching monsters. It's a fairly narrow scope when you're asserting a patent. Oh, absolutely. The big thing that pe