picandocodigo@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld)www.nintendo.co.jpexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkNintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld)www.nintendo.co.jppicandocodigo@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down2·1 day agoPatent rights? You gotta be kidding me. The hell did they patent? Throwing a ball?
minus-squarenonprofitparrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 hours agoAlmost literally. They patented: catching characters in thrown balls calling on characters by throwing a ball using captured characters to fight and harvest resources
minus-squareHideakikarate@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·22 hours agoApparently, in their LONG list of patents, is one for the in-game Pokemon Storage Box. Just speculation, of course, but that could be one the Pokemon Company cites.
Patent rights? You gotta be kidding me. The hell did they patent? Throwing a ball?
Almost literally. They patented:
catching characters in thrown balls
calling on characters by throwing a ball
using captured characters to fight and harvest resources
Apparently, in their LONG list of patents, is one for the in-game Pokemon Storage Box. Just speculation, of course, but that could be one the Pokemon Company cites.
An inventory system, WAOW