Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, the developers of Palworld, alleging patent infringement related to game mechanics, rather than copyright issues. Pocketpair's community manager, John Buckley, expressed surprise at the legal action, stating that the team believed they had cleared all legal checks prior to the game's release. The lawsuit's focus on patent issues has changed plans for Pocketpair, leading to the hiring of additional security and a scaled-back presence at events like the Tokyo Game Show.
We did legal checks before Palworld released and they were all cleared in Japan...when the lawsuit was announced we were like, 'What?"
Pretty much everyone at Pocketpair is a huge fan, so it was a very depressing day...we were just about to release the PlayStation version.
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