• Hideakikarate
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        Their list of patents is enormous. They could throw darts drunk and in the dark, miss the board completely, and still likely land on something they could claim.

      • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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        This is a weird patent; it seems to be describing something more akin to Pokemon Home than an actual in-game mechanic, but then the references talk about the pokemon storage system, so who knows?

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      Maybe not on that, but the creatures in Palworld are sometimes a direct ripoff of Pokémon. I’m with Nintendo on this one.

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        That’s irrelevant. You can’t patent fantasy creatures. That’s a copyright issue. If they were suing for copyright infringement I might think they had a point, but they’re not.

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          I think the fact they’re going for a patent suit says they probably think they don’t have enough of an argument for a copyright suit which kind of makes sense. Just because the designs are similar doesn’t mean it’s copyright infringement.

      • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Oh no, both the wolves look like wolves. Never mind they have different color schemes and geometry; look, they’re both wolves!

        I approached the claims with an open mind, but when I read that the worst offender was the wolf I realized that none of the claims could possibly hold water.

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    Kind of surprised it took this long to be honest. Also a little surprised it’s a patent lawsuit, but then again it might be easier to prove infringement on a gameplay concept you have patented rather than copyright.

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      This isn’t some guy who has loved their products for years and wanted to express how much joy he’s had from them by writing a comic about them - they can’t just go sue them immediately. This is a corporation, they have to make sure that it’s the right move. Come on, that’s Corpo 101