Palworld

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Nintendo has filed suit against pocketpair for patent infringement.

Nintendo sues Palworld developer: what we know so far | Digital Trends

Nintendo is suing Pocketpair, the developers of Palworld. Here's everything we know about that impending lawsuit.

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The key point is it is for patent infringement, not copyright or trademark. That means they are suing for some game mechanic or something like a rendering technique, not the character likenesses. Nobody seems to know exactly what patent(s) they are suing over.

I’m told they own a patent for throwing a spherical ball to capture creatures in-game. That’s pretty specific so it will be interesting to see how it plays out

They should/could have used “PalCubes” or any other shape but unfortunately used the “PalSpheres” that may be a bit too close to a PokeBall