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The clapback:
We have received notice of this lawsuit and will begin the appropriate legal proceedings and investigations into the claims of patent infringement.
At this moment, we are unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon, and we have not been notified of such details.
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.
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.
Why doesn't it say much?
probably doesn't have much weight, using it as scare tactic
Nintendo can suck a dick with their shovelware games