Pocketpair said it is not yet aware of the specific patents it is accused of infringing.
Pocketpair, the game developer behind the game Palworld, released a statement on its website on September 19 regarding the patent infringement lawsuit filed against the company by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. The company also posted the full statement on Palworld's X (formerly Twitter) account:
About the lawsuit
Yesterday, a lawsuit was filed against our company for patent infringement.
We have received notice of this lawsuit and will initiate appropriate legal proceedings and investigations with respect to claims of patent infringement.
At this point, we don't know…
— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) September 19, 2024
The company stated that it “is not aware of specific patents [nó bị cáo buộc vi phạm và [nó] has not been informed of those details.”The company said it would initiate legal proceedings and investigate the complaints.
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Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair at the Tokyo District Court on September 18.
The lawsuit claims that the game infringes Nintendo and The Pokémon Company's patent rights and seeks an injunction against the infringement as well as damages.
Sony Music Entertainment Japan Inc. announced in July that it and its subsidiary Aniplex, along with Pocketpair, have formed a new joint venture called Palworld Entertainment.
Pocketpair launched its multiplayer survival game Palworld as an Early Access game on Steam on January 19. The game reached 25 million users within a month of its release.
Players and critics initially noted similarities in the design of many of the game's “Pal” creatures to iconic Pokémon from the Pokémon series. The Pokémon Company issued a statement shortly after Palworld's release that it was investigating possible copyright infringement by an unnamed game company.
Source: Pocketpair website, Palworld game's X/Twitter account