Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed suit against Pocketpair, which has been accused of plagiarising Pokémon designs
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, the developer of Palworld, for patent infringement.
In response, Pocketpair has said that it is “unaware” of the patents it is accused of infringing and will begin its own legal proceeding to investigate.
Late on Wednesday, Nintendo issued a joint press release with The Pokémon Company (which it co-owns) saying it had filed suit against Pocketpair in the Tokyo District Court seeking injunction and compensation “on the grounds that Palworld… infringes multiple patent rights.”
“Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights including the Nintendo brand itself, to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years,” the company added.
Responding on Thursday, Pocketpair, a Tokyo-based indie studi0, said it was “unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon, and we have not been notified of such details.”
“We will do our utmost for our fans, and to ensure that indie game developers are not hindered or discouraged from pursuing their creative ideas,” Pocketpair said, in a hint that it intends to fight Nintendo’s suit, and cast itself as David in a battle against a game industry Goliath.
