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In September, the developer ofPalworld, Pocketpair, got hit by lawsuit filed by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo Co., Ltd. for patent infringement. Pocketpair has now revealed some interesting information, including the three patents that were infringed, about the lawsuit, including the amount of money that The Pokémon Company and Nintendo Co., Ltd. is seeking.
Not just money, but the lawsuit also demands an injunction againstPalworld, preventing the sale of the game in Japan in the future. Pocketpair has confirmed that it will continue to assert its position in this case through future legal proceedings.
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo Co., Ltd Filed A Lawsuit Against Pocketpair
It’s no secret that Pocketpair’sPalworldshares similarities with thePokemonfranchise. Everyone knew that Nintendo will soon come knocking at Pocketpair’s door with a lawsuit and it finally happened in September. At the time, not much information was revealed but everything has been shared in a recent statement released by Pocketpair on its officialwebsite.
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Pocketpair has confirmed that it was accused of infringing on three of their patents: patent numbers 7545191, 7493117, and 7528390, all filed in Japan between May and July 2024. To sum things up, the first patent about aiming and firing some sort of item toward a character “in a field.” The second patent is about being able to capture creatures in the wild and finally, the third patent is about riding creatures in an open world.
The Pokémon Company and Nintendo Co., Ltd Is Seeking 10 Million Yen From Pocketpair
Pocketpair has also confirmed that The Pokémon Company and Nintendo Co., Ltd is demanding 10 million yen (5 million yen for The Pokémon Company and 5 million yen for Nintendo Co., Ltd) plus late payment damages from them, which is not a lot considering the amount of money video game publishers seek nowadays.
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The demand is 10 million yen, which is about $66,000, an amount of money that Pocketpair will easily be able to pay given howsuccessful the early access release ofPalworldwas. The concerning demand is the injunction againstPalworldas it will affect the game’s sales.
Palworldwas released on June 02, 2025, through Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview, and is expected to remain in early access until at least 2025. A PlayStation 5 version was also released in September 2024.
The open-world inPalworldis full of animal-like creatures called Pals, which players can battle and capture to use for base building, traversal, and combat. The concept was so similar to thePokemonfranchise that players labeledPalworldas “Pokémon with guns.“
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Farhan Asif
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Farhan Asif is a gaming writer at FandomWire who specializes in video games/franchises like Helldivers 2, GTA, and Call of Duty. Apart from 1600+ published articles for FandomWire, he has also written more than 750 articles for AnimatedTimes. He has a passion for coding and is pursuing a degree in computer science. During his free time, Farhan loves to play video games and hopes to create a video game of his own one day.
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