Pocketpair has responded to Nintendo filing a lawsuit over Palworld.
Last night (September 18) Nintendo and The Pokémon Company shared a joint statement announcing that they had filed a lawsuit against Palworld developers Pocketpair.
Palworld was first teased back in 2021 and quickly became known as “Pokémon with guns”. When the game launched earlier this year, a number of Pokémon fans asked Nintendo to take legal action against the survival monster collector. The company promised to “investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to the Pokémon.”
Nine months later, Nintendo has finally taken action against Pocketpair. The suit alleges that Palworld “infringes multiple patent rights” and Nintendo are “seeking an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages”.
“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 statement continued.
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— 任天堂株式会社（企業広報・IR） (@NintendoCoLtd) September 18, 2024
Responding to the news, Pocketpair shared a statement of their own earlier today (September 19) that claims the company is currently “unaware” of which patents they’ve been accused of infringing upon but are working on the “appropriate legal proceedings”.
