Month: February 2025
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Yesterday Nintendo received a U.S. version of another anti-Palworld patent and asked the U.S. patent office for an interview to get a third patent
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company received two new U.S. patents yesterday, one of which is from a patent family Nintendo is using against Palworld in Japan.
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Nintendo grappling with hard choice after U.S. patent office overwhelmingly rejected anti-Palworld patent application
This is the fourth part of our “explain it to me like I’m five” series on Nintendo v. Pocketpair (the Pokémon-Palworld patent infringement dispute). In the first three parts, we discussed Nintendo has sued Pocketpair only in Japan. But as other observers have said before us (on X and elsewhere), Nintendo has done something similar with U.S….
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Two of Nintendo’s three patents-in-suit against Pocketpair relate to collecting characters: let’s look at the claims
This is the third part of our “explain it to me like I’m five” series on Nintendo v. Pocketpair (the Pokémon-Palworld patent dispute). In the first two parts, we discussed how it is possible that Nintendo asserts patents for which it applied only after Palworld’s launch (January 23, 2025 games fray article), and why a Japanese patent…
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RevelHMI sues Nintendo over haptic feedback (vibration) patent in Eastern District of Texas after agreeing on key terms with Sony
A startup that has practically settled a patent dispute with Sony is now suing Nintendo over a haptic feedback patent.
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Costa Rican trademark office deals Nintendo defeat over Super Mario brand against owner of small grocery store: wrong decision
At first sight, Nintendo’s dispute with the owner of a small store in Costa Rica may look like bullying, but there’s more to it.