Nintendo has been granted yet another anti-Palworld patent in the United States—its third such IP to date. According to one patent expert, this turn of events indicates that the company may be close to filing another lawsuit against Palworld.
The Pokemon Company (TPC) and Nintendo originally sued Palworld developer Pocketpair in September 2024. The lawsuit, filed in the Tokyo District Court, alleges that Palworld infringes on multiple patents jointly held by the plaintiffs. Since then, Nintendo and TPC have moved to secure some of the disputed patents in the U.S., signaling that the case could eventually go global.
Palworld developer Pocketpair shares a bit more about the lawsuit issued by Nintendo after refraining from discussing the matter for some time.
The latest result of these efforts materialized in mid-March 2025, when the USPTO granted Nintendo and TPC another seemingly anti-Palworld patent, Games Fray reports. Identified by U.S. patent number 12,246,255, the patent covers a system for seamlessly switching between different modes of transportation. Specifically, it outlines a method that allows the player character to alternate between riding a ground-based object and an airborne one.
Nintendo already had a similar anti-Palworld rejected on 22 out of 23...
