Palworld devs claim Nintendo's lawsuit is invalid

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Pocketpair are challenging Nintendo's patents by pointing to prior art — existing games and technologies that allegedly contain similar mechanics that Nintendo has not also challenged. The argument here is that these patents should not have been granted to Nintendo in the first place, because the claimed mechanics were already in use. Pocketpair references a wide range of games, including Craftopia (their...

You know that since his announcement Palworld has generated great controversy due to the perceived similarities in the designs of his creatures called “Pals” with Nintendo’s Pokémon. There is no doubt that the game has been inspired by Pokémon. Sony has already shown its support for Palworld, but Nintendo and Pokémon have done the opposite. They proved it by recently suing their developers. Later, Pocketpair, developer of Palworld, has issued a …

Palworld devs claim Nintendo's lawsuit is invalid

Invalid patents with no infringement

Pocketpair’s defenses against Nintendo’s patent lawsuit unpacked: ARK, Craftopia, Zelda, FF14 etc. may render asserted patents invalid – games fray

Palworld developers challenge Nintendo's patents using examples from Zelda, ARK: Survival, Tomb Raider, Titanfall 2 and many more huge titles

Pocketpair argues Nintendo's patents lack originality, citing a bunch of popular games in it's defense of Palworld