Nintendo Patents Filed After Palworld's Release Suggest Lawsuit Prep Started Months Ago

Pika your battles.

Last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company announced that they were filing a patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair. While the latter studio claimed it was “unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon,” online speculation soon began to throw out various plausible-sounding submissions from Nintendo’s back catalogue.

While there’s still no official word on which designs are relevant to this case, MBHB law firm associate Andrew Velzen has noted (via GamesIndustry.biz) that some seemingly key patents were in fact filed after Palworld’s release, suggesting Nintendo has been on the lawsuit drive for a while.

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