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...
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