Nintendo's Monster-Catching Patent Rejected Over Pokemon Fan Game
The Japan Patent Office has rejected Nintendo's monster-catching patent application after an examiner cited footage from a 2013 Pokemon fan game as prior art. The decision is significant because it uses an unofficial Pokemon project as evidence against an application from the same patent family as the two patents Ninte...
The Japan Patent Office has rejected Nintendo's monster-catching patent application after an examiner cited footage from a 2013 Pokemon fan game as prior art. The decision is significant because it uses an unofficial Pokemon project as evidence against an application from the same patent family as the two patents Nintendo is seeking to enforce against Palworld developer Pocketpair.
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