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Amid the Palworld dispute, one analyst says Nintendo only strikes when it wants to because it "could have sued half the gaming industry back in 2017"
By Kaan Serin published
News "They have thousands and thousands of patents on other things"
IP expert says Nintendo probably doesn't own patents strong enough to "prevent Pocketpair from making Palworld," and this "may boil down to nothing but bullying"
By Iain Harris published
News The House of Mario can be a scary place
IP expert says Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit is "more likely" to take 5 years than to finish in 1, but Pocketpair can "easily" afford the legal battle
By Catherine Lewis published
News "This is not a simple 'pay me a million' patent suit"
Nintendo's patent lawsuit shows it's "given up making the case that Palworld's characters are similar to Pokemon's," analyst explains
By Kaan Serin published
News Nintendo said it was looking into copyright infringement months ago, but must have come up empty-handed
"Nintendo felt threatened" by Palworld's sales success and anime expansion, analyst says: "This lawsuit would have never happened if Palworld had 500 users per day"
By Ali Jones published
News Nintendo is" like a mafia. They will not kill you instantly. They will let you cook a little bit."
"I think this will end bad for Pocketpair": Analyst says Nintendo's "feared" legal team wouldn't sue Palworld unless it was confident of victory
By Ali Jones published
News Nintendo wants Pocketpair's cash, and "as much of it as possible"
Palworld rumbles on with a "fatal bug" fix that stops wild and base Pals from moving and working, hours after Nintendo publicly announced its lawsuit
By Iain Harris published
News Far from ideal, on both counts
"Nintendo may be reaching" in its Palworld lawsuit, according to a lawyer who says it's "hard to imagine what patents" the survival game could have infringed upon
By Catherine Lewis published
News The lawyer also points out that this is a patent infringement lawsuit, not a copyright case
Palworld developer responds to Nintendo lawsuit, says "we will do our utmost" to ensure that indie devs "are not hindered or discouraged from pursuing their creative ideas"
By Catherine Lewis published
News Pocketpair says it's "unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon"
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