Speculation: Patent At Heart Of ‘Palworld’ Suit Could Be For Capturing Characters With A Ball

As we just talked about the joint lawsuit filed in Japan by Nintendo and The Pokémon Co. against Pocketpair, the company behind the hit game Palworld, we still don’t have all the details. But one of the strange things about the suit is that is not a copyright or trademark suit, which is what everyone expected as soon as the game launched. Instead, this is supposedly a patent infringement suit, with the plaintiffs claiming that Palworld infringes on several of their patents. This led everyone from...