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Nintendo applying for anti-Palworld patents in the US with a whopping 22 out of 23 rejected, but "they are fighting" (www.windowscentral.com)
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[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago

I wonder if PocketPair (Palworld devs) could flip a giant middle finger to Japan's entire system by refunding all Japanese customers for the game and refusing to sell it in Japan anymore. Japan is the only country where Nintendo could get their way in a patent lawsuit, so fuck 'em

[-] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Wouldn't work. This has nothing to do with Japanese customers or Japanese laws. These aren't even in Japanese courts. It's US patents.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

These aren't even in Japanese courts. It's US patents.

This is completely wrong. The patents that Nintendo submitted are in Japan. They're still trying to apply for ones in the US, but they're going to have a harder time making some that stick due to the different laws. Also, this is currently in Japanese courts

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

Nintendo, a Japanese company in Kyoto, using American courts to stop Pocketpair, a Japanese indie studio in Tokyo, from selling Pal world.

What the hell.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

The only enforceable patents they have are Japanese. This is an attempt to get US ones.

[-] shani66@ani.social 5 points 1 week ago

Nintendo's patents, or the single one i should say, wouldn't hold up or even apply to palworld in America, they will in Japan.

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