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Nintendo applying for anti-Palworld patents in the US "they are fighting"

Nintendo vs Pocketpair could come to US soil

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While most are aware of the ongoing patent infringement lawsuit Nintendo have bought against Pocketpair, creators of Palworld—until now that case is only raging on Japanese soil.

Recently, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have taken steps that suggest they might be preparing for a similar battle in the US. They are going to have a much harder time of it though, with GamesFray reporting that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) overwhelmingly rejected 22 out of 23 of Nintendo's patent claims.

There is no case yet, however Nintendo appear to be trying to build an arsenal of patents behind them and if successful may later start litigation in a similar manner to what they are doing in Japan.

One patent that has been successfully given to Nintendo is U.S. Patent No. 12,179,111 which covers the process of aiming and capturing characters. This was filed for after Palworld's launch but in the world of patent filing, is totally above board if it can related to an earlier 'patent family.'

In December, prior to Palworld's huge Feybreak DLC, the game was updated to amend these capture mechanics possibly in direct response to this patent infringement suit.

 

[Mr Moose]

Fucking patent trolls, hope they fail.

 

[Edmund]

Fuck your bloody patents, Nintendo.

 

[Comandr]

Nintendo at their ugliest. Patenting gameplay is a slippery slope.

 

[amigastar]

Nintendo at their ugliest.

Yeah, it's like they acting like a corporate firm. Who would have thought? Gone is the magic from childhood days Nintendo being Nintendo.

 

[adamsapple]

Nintendo at their ugliest. Patenting gameplay is a slippery slope.

You'd think so but we already know things like the Nemesis System is patented and Namco had an extremely long patent for any kind of game play elements in the middle of load screens, so there is precedent.

 

[Spukc]

Yeah fuck nintendo.

If there is one IP that deserves to be 1 uped it’s fucking pokemon lazy ass buggy low effort shit.

I legit wonder if they use AI to create new pokemons..

 

[Thief1987]

Most vile company in the industry. MS should buy and close it.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Pal Bases going to get Mario butt stomped.

 

[deriks]

Yeah, it's like they acting like a corporate firm. Who would have thought? Gone is the magic from childhood days Nintendo being Nintendo.

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[Robb]

Nintendo’s going to Nintendo.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I would love to live in a world where Palworld would overtake Pokémon as the bigger IP. Never will happen, but would be extremely funny. Nintendo is the worst

 

[Trilobit]

I would love to live in a world where Palworld would overtake Pokémon as the bigger IP. Never will happen, but would be extremely funny. Nintendo is the worst

The lack of competition has made Game Freak incredibly lazy and complacent. I wish Nintendo would harass them instead of Pocketpair.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Fix the system, it's idiot not to abuse the system if they allow you to do it.

 

[hussar16]

digimonn dragon quest captures monsters

 

[BlackTron]

I thought Palwolrd was a rip off so I didn't blame them for taking action about it. It didn't work. It's time to let go.

It wouldn't be a bad outcome if they lost the one patent they were granted by trying to enforce it.

 

[Ikutachi]

Yeah, it's like they acting like a corporate firm. Who would have thought? Gone is the magic from childhood days Nintendo being Nintendo.

It died with Iwata.

 

[BlackTron]

Yeah, it's like they acting like a corporate firm. Who would have thought? Gone is the magic from childhood days Nintendo being Nintendo.

It died with Iwata.

I honestly thought amiga's post was satire until the emote reaction on that reply.

It's still honestly really hard for me to read without a tone of knowing sarcasm, like REALLY hard.

Childhood Nintendo wasn't a bully? We're making a joke about this, right? RIGHT??

 

[amigastar]

I honestly thought amiga's post was satire until the emote reaction on that reply.

It's still honestly really hard for me to read without a tone of knowing sarcasm, like REALLY hard.

Childhood Nintendo wasn't a bully? We're making a joke about this, right? RIGHT??

I was indeed serious, i remember loving Nintendo but thats hard nowadays with all the law enforcements they take against people.
I still like their games, though.
I also miss Shigeru Miyamoto's contribution to games.

 

[BlackTron]

I was indeed serious, i remember loving Nintendo but thats hard nowadays with all the law enforcements they take against people.
I still like their games, though.
I also miss Shigeru Miyamoto's contribution to games.

No I did not realize Nintendo was an iron fist bully game company when I first played Mario 3, but only because I was a dumb kid and it was more hidden back then because no Internet.

 

[amigastar]

No I did not realize Nintendo was an iron fist bully game company when I first played Mario 3, but only because I was a dumb kid and it was more hidden back then because no Internet.

I wouldn't call it a Dumb Kid just not an adult being aware of some things.

 

[BlackTron]

I wouldn't call it a Dumb Kid just not an adult being aware of some things.

Yes but what changed is you, your awareness of it.

Not Nintendo.

 

[j0hnnix]

Are Nintendo lawyers this bored..

 

[Fake]

I have an ideia. What about instead of this, create a good Pokemon game?

 

[Begleiter]

They might find US courts less friendly on this point compared to Japanese ones.

 

[Gp1]

Insert the obligatory Yamauchi Yakuza boss meme.

 

[N30RYU]

Less lawyers and for fuck sake focus on make great games instead of suing ppl that may copy your work but deliver better games than you.

 

[mitch1971]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/us-patent-office-rejects-22-out-of-23-patent-claims-from-nintendo-amongst-palworld-lawsuit.666945/

US rejects 22 out of 23 patents.