Early Access: Palworld | Nintendo Files Patent Lawsuit

[queenzelda]

I think it's funny Nintendo is suing Palworld for use of video game mechanics THEY THEMSELVES plan to use for their MMO version of Pokemon. This game released long before Nintendo hit them with a suit, so it should be tossed out and we should all laugh at Nintendo for over-reach at this point. smh

[Mr EliteL]

Oof, that much and over those reasons? Well it is Yen and that's apparently $65k or £50k but still, yeesh. Initially I took the wording of late payment being relevant now instead of if they are late, but it could really mean either.

Just wondering how much this hurts Palworld and if it can continue...oh wait no that's stupid, just looked up and they've earned way enough that $65 is just a scrape really.  (apparently $164m+ if Google is correct)

[Moonface]

I think it's funny Nintendo is suing Palworld for use of video game mechanics THEY THEMSELVES plan to use for their MMO version of Pokemon.

Suing another company over a patent you own and intend to use isn't anything unusual or even wrong. It's happened plenty of times before in the gaming industry and a patent is generally to restrict anyone but yourself from doing the thing the patent covers.

This game released long before Nintendo hit them with a suit, so it should be tossed out and we should all laugh at Nintendo for over-reach at this point. smh

Forget the time between Palworld's launch and this lawsuit; all of those patents were registered after Palworld launched. I don't see how a patent can be enforced on anything that was released before the patent was filed.


@Mr EliteL: Yeah the money that Pocketpair potentially owes to Nintendo over this is nothing compared to how much they earned from Palworld. This is the equivalent of giving a millionaire a speeding ticket. However, if I am interpreting it correctly, an injunction against Palworld implies the game has to cease continuation which would be the bigger blow to the company given its massive success. Sure they'll keep the money from the sales of it but it would essentially put Pocketpair back to square one to make a new game to replace it, and I doubt a new game would capture the same lightning in a bottle this one did.

[queenzelda]

I don't think Nintendo is going to get anywhere since Palworld is on the Xbox and now PlayStation. We all know that sony and nintendo have been at odds before. This isn't their first rodeo. 

[shadow]

For some reason I thought pocketpair won the suit against Nintendo. I have no idea why though. 😖

[Moonface]

I don't think Nintendo is going to get anywhere since Palworld is on the Xbox and now PlayStation. We all know that sony and nintendo have been at odds before. This isn't their first rodeo. 

What platforms the game is on wouldn't have any affect on the outcome of the lawsuit, nor would Sony or Xbox step in on Pocketpair's behalf because the latter is a third party who has no deal with either company. And even then, the decision ultimately comes down to the courts based on what is given to said courts relative to the lawsuit. There's a much higher chance and better success to be had for Pocketpair if they bring up that all the patents were made after Palworld released, so they can't be expected to avoid infringing a patent when it didn't exist yet. It's the equivalent of changing the speed limit on a road from 55 to 45 and then trying to charge everyone who did 55 before the speed limit was changed.