Nintendo responds to Patent Defense Palworld

Nintendo responded to the defense of PocketPair in Palworld Patent lawsuits claiming that the defendant passes over the deck by quoting mods as “previous art”. If adopted, the claim may undermine the parts of the PocketPair strategy to show Palworld It does not break several Nintendo patents.

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The ongoing dispute between PocketPair and Nintendo began in September 2024, when he filed a lawsuit on the basis of an action Palworld He violates three of his patents. In April 2025, part of the defense of PocketPair in Palworld The case became public and revealed that the Japanese studio received a strategy with dual inflammation and questioned the validity of Nintendo patents and at the same time required non -violation. In order to attack validity, PocketPair quoted previous art from commercial games and community modes, including the Pocket Souls Mod For Dark Souls 3. Specifically, Pocket Souls was mentioned as part of the argument that Nintendo had not invented its patented system to focus the capture item – such as Poke Ball – and calculate the chances of capturing before determining whether the goal is successfully obtained.

Nintendo claims that Mods are not independent of previous art in Patent Palworld

In mid -September 2025, FRAY games were given new court submissions that show that Nintendo has now responded to part of the initial defense of PocketPair in Palworld Patent. Game giant attorneys have specifically focused on PocketPair quotes that revolve around the modes, which claims that such creations cannot run without basic games, and should not be considered previous art.

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The Tokyo District Court is expected to decide on claim in the coming months. The decision in favor of Nintendo could weaken the PocketPair argument that one of three patents on Wednesday Palworld Judicial action – JP7493117 – is invalid. Mods are just one of several examples of previous art cited by society in response to Nintendo's innovation claims. Although the court has rejected this line of reasoning, PocketPair still has other arguments to return to.

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Why is Nintendo concerned mods in the case of Palworld patent?

According to Games Fray, the Patent Analyst Florian Mueller, the legal strategy of Nintendo, depends on the District Court in Tokyo, which agrees to interpret all three of its patents quite widely. Although this would make it easier to prove violations, it would also seize patents more prone to be due to be invalid because of being too Wide to be patented at all. By trying to limit the links that refer to that the pocket pair can press back against the notion of stating, can limit links to disability and at the same time leave room for violations.

As patent cases in Japan last on average between 18 and 24 months, the decision of the first state may not arrive in this dispute before mid -2026. In July 2025 Palworld The Court of Justice is very unusual when Nintendo altered one of his patents in the middle of the sale. This forced the court to review many aspects of the case from the beginning and significantly slow down the proceedings. As a result, another meaningful update of the case is not expected to arrive before 2026, according to Mueller, who previously said Game Rant, this court may take years to resolve without settlement.