Nintendo hasn't officially confirmed why it's suing Palworld developer Pocketpair, but it seems that it could be based on a Pokeball patent and how Palworld's Palspheres directly copy the mechanic.
Just a few days ago, Nintendo dropped an absolute bombshell on the internet by revealing that it's suing Palworld developer Pockepair. While nearly everyone speculated that might happen when the game released earlier this year and took a lot of liberties with its Pal designs, the real shock came from the lawsuit being based on the claim that Palworld "infringes multiple patent rights".
If Nintendo is successful, it will set a dangerous precedent for the future of the games industry.
Pocketpair has since replied to the lawsuit and confirmed that it's going to be fighting it, despite apparently not knowing what patents it's infringing on. Nintendo hasn't revealed any more details about the situation just yet, but it seems that it might be based on a Pokeball patent that was originally filed in 2021 and then updated in the Summer.
As reported by Eurogamer, this information comes from Japanese patent attorney Kiyoshi Kurihara, who spoke to Yahoo Japan and shared more details about the patent itself and why it might...
