• coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org
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    7 days ago

    The three patents—all filed in Japan between May and July 2024—draw similarities between Palworld and 2022’s 2022’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus specifically. Their descriptions concern game mechanics like “riding an object” or throwing a ball to capture and possess a character in virtual spaces.

    Wait…so the patents didn’t even exist when Palworld was released into EA? or am I missing something?

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      7 days ago

      You’re not, but there’s a preexisting patent, and these three are basically extensions of that patent.

      Essentially, Palworld needed to know what supplementary patents Nintendo was going to file in the future in Japan so they didn’t run afoul of the patent from the past. You know, textbook legal psychic stuff, really. /s

      I hope Nintendo hurts itself in its confusion as its lawyers flail before the Japanese courts.