Nintendo Was Just Dealt A Big Blow In Its Battle Against Palworld

Nintendo Was Just Dealt A Big Blow In Its Battle Against Palworld

The patents on which Nintendo is relying aren't looking too solid

Nintendo's Patent Targeting Palworld Is Rejected in Japan

It lacks innovation.

Nintendo’s Monster Capturing Patent Got Rejected by Japan’s Patent Office Due to Lack of Originality - Games Fuze

Amidst ongoing lawsuit against Pocketpair, Nintendo's recent patent application got rejected by the JPO due to lack of an inventive step.

Nintendo's anti-palworld patent application has been rejected...

Japanese patent office casts doubt on 2 Nintendo Pokemon-catching patents in the Palworld lawsuit, saying Monster Hunter, Ark, and Pocketpair's own Craftopia all did it before

The prior art is stacking up

Nintendo has had some patents initially rejected by Japan Patent Office in Palworld case

The Nintendo and Palworld developer Pocket Pair’s legal case is heating up after Nintendo has had two of its three patents in the caae rejected by the Japan Patent Office. The Japan Patent Office cites games such ARK, Monster Hunter 4, Craftopia, a Japanese brower game named Kantai Collection and Pokemon GO as reasons why… Read More »Nintendo has had some patents initially rejected by Japan Patent Office in Palworld case Source