Nintendo’s request to have community-created mods excluded from the pool of usable “prior art” in its Tokyo District Court fight with Palworld developer Pocketpair has the gaming industry watching closely — and not because it’s a narrow procedural quibble. If the court accepts Nintendo’s...
game development
game patents
industry reaction
intellectual property
invalidity
ip
litigation strategy
modding
modding community
mods
nintendo
obviousness
palworld
patent
patent law
pocketpair
prior art
prior art doctrine
software patents
tokyo court
Nintendo's legal strategy is taking a page from its own playbook—this time, not for a new game release, but to protect its patented gameplay mechanics. The well-known gaming giant is arming itself with two additional U.S. patents aimed squarely at Pocketpair’s Palworld, intensifying the threat...