Nintendo & The Pokemon Company have filed a lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair

There was a bit of controversy surrounding Palworld, due in large part to similarities with Pokemon. The game released 8 months ago, but it seems Nintendo wasn’t in any rush to respond. Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have filed a joint patent infringement lawsuit against Pocketpair Inc., the developers of Palworld. You can see a social media post relaying the news, as well as Nintendo’s full statement about the matter, down below.

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto, Minami-ku, Japan; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, “Nintendo” hereafter), together with The Pokémon Company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court against Pocketpair, Inc. (HQ: 2-10-2 Higashigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, “Defendant” hereafter) on September 18, 2024.

This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights.

Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights including the Nintendo brand itself, to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years.

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