Patent Nintendo against Palworld turns around

Patent nintendo against Palworld He made an unexpected rotation, while the Japanese giant adjusted one of the central patents in the middle of the case. This step raises questions about the viability of the legal strategy of Nintendo against Palworld And it is especially unusual because of the language used in a new patent.

The ongoing legal drama began in September 2024, when the Pokemon Company and Nintendo reportedly Pocketpair Palworld As part of the lawsuit filed in Tokyo, they violated several of their patents together. PocketPair subsequently introduced a dual dot strategy: he claimed that patents in the middle of the case are invalid and at the same time claim Palworld Failure to violate them.

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The expert says that the lawsuit of Nintendo Palworld unlikely

The veteran patent analyst discusses the Nintendo court against the developers of Palworld Pocketpair and gives a forecast for his result.

In the new development of Nintendo, she recently asked to change one of her patents in a suit from the Japanese patent office (JPO), reports Games Fray. The patent concerned, JP7528390, describes the system for smooth switching between deviant objects or assembly. While the request was complied with, the examiner believed that the revised version of the anti-Palworld The patent did not introduce any new technical matter. What did The introduction was a revised claim formulated as a large sequence of common sentences, which number 260 words, which can be found on pages 5 and 6.

The new Anti-Palworld patent uses an unusual language

This statement, which describes the conditions for starting the implementation of the driving switch, includes the provision that it works in the air “even if” is selected “a non -flying mountain. Games Fray's patent analyst Florian Mueller describes this sentence as very unusual. “I watched patent lawsuits for 15 years (for a better part of this period as a consultant) and have seen many demands that were amended, but I have never seen 'though” or “though” in a patent claim, “he explains. Palworld I have never implemented the Mount-switching system described in the Nintendo patent. In this context, this widespread statement seems less clear.

I have followed the patent litigation for 15 years (for a better part of this period as a consultant) and I have seen many demands that have been changed, but I have never seen “though” or “though” in a patent claim. It's bizarre.

Changes in the middle case in the patent area is an unusual step, which potentially suggests that Nintendo has worried that its intellectual property can be invalidated on the basis of the proceedings. This event turnover also suggests that Nintendo still lacks a solid foundation that would bring a lawsuit in the US, not only recently remedied alleged violations of violations PalworldBut it is also said that these elements have never started, in addition to the claims that the patents are invalid. As a result Palworld has become what Mueller calls a “moving goal” for violations – the fact that Nintendo and Pokemon Company's lawyers are difficult to affect.

Nintendo could lose a patent that sues

Mueller – which has no links to PocketPair – is predictedly called Palworld Judicial action “clear case of bullying” from Nintendo. In a new statement to Game Rant, the long -time analyst of the patent has designed the current strategy of Nintendo to deteriorate rather than for legal merit. “Nintendo hopes that his” though “version and the fact that the new language of claim has long been welcome will be reflected by the judge from the considered invalid patent,” Mueller does not expect this to happen and notes that this judge has a concentration on the essence rather than a linguistic smoke aperture. patented.