After more than six months on the market, yesterday Nintendo and The Pokémon Company finally issued a lawsuit against Pocketpair for Palworld. Usually in these cases, companies facing the Big N decide to accept defeat immediately. However, The independent studio has issued a response in which they state that they will do everything possible to combat the giants of this industry.
Today, Pocketpair issued an official statement responding to a request from Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, in which they have indicated that They plan to fight legally to ensure that independent studios are not discouraged from exploring different ideas.. This is what they had to say about it:
“Yesterday, a lawsuit was filed against our company for patent infringement.
We have received notice of this lawsuit and will commence appropriate legal proceedings and investigations into the patent infringement claims.
At this time, we are unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing and have not been notified of such details.
Pocketpair is a small indie game company based in Tokyo. Our goal as a company has always been to create fun games. We will continue to pursue this goal because we know that our games bring joy to millions of players around the world. The success of Palworld was a surprise this year, both for players and for us. We were amazed by the incredible response to the game and have been working hard to make it even better for our fans. We will continue to improve Palworld and strive to create a game that our fans can be proud of.
It is truly unfortunate that we are forced to allocate significant time to matters unrelated to game development due to this lawsuit. However, we will do our best for our fans and to ensure that indie game developers are not hindered or discouraged from pursuing their creative ideas.
We apologize to our fans and followers for any concern or inconvenience this news has caused.
As always, thank you for your continued support of Palworld and Pocketpair.”
In its statement, Pockepair has pointed out that the lawsuit is about patents, and is not related to copyright, this suggests that Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s complaint is probably related to the gameplay and its mechanicsrather than similarities between the character designs. In addition, the indie studio claims that it does not have details about the patents it is infringing.
We can only wait for more information to become available. However, It’s clear that Pocketpair has no intention of being intimidated by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. In related topics, you can learn more about this lawsuit here. You can also check out our Hands On the Pokémon TCG Pocket here.
Author’s Note:
There are very few companies that claim to stand up to Nintendo in court. Usually, they all give up once they receive the legal document. So, it will be very interesting to see how this case will evolve, and if Pocketpair has good lawyers, then they have a fighting chance.
Via: VGC
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