The Pokémon Company statement on Palworld, intend to investigate, take measures. |UP| Nintendo President makes statement, plan to take action.

[shrike0fth0rns]

‘Pokémon’ and ‘Palworld’ Have a Lot In Common. Copyright Law Says That’s Likely Legal

The game from an indie Tokyo studio, once ridiculed as a ripoff of Pokémon, has become a breakout hit. Will the rightsholders behind Pokémon take legal action?

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This may push ps to lock down dokev or light no fire as exclusives. Both games have a lot of potential and generated a lot of interest when they were announced.

 

[Gamernyc78]

This may push ps to lock down dokev or light no fire as exclusives. Both games have a lot of potential and generated a lot of interest when they were announced.

Hmmm need to look them up.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Understanding the drama between palworld and nintendo​

 

[Kenpachi The Great]

My sources told me this was raised in the last town hall and CEO said they are investigating the matter very meticulously.

The biggest fear for the pokemon company is to take legal action and loose therfore setting a precedence for any other copycat to have a avenue to exploit the pokemon Brand and I.P.

My source is saying resources are being thrown into exploring all litigation options!

 

[Gamernyc78]

My sources told me this was raised in the last town hall and CEO said they are investigating the matter very meticulously.

The biggest fear for the pokemon company is to take legal action and loose therfore setting a precedence for any other copycat to have a avenue to exploit the pokemon Brand and I.P.

My source is saying resources are being thrown into exploring all litigation options!

It's Nintendo thts what they do. You don't need a source for tht. They've already stated they will be pursuing. I guess reinforcement is good but we know the deal..

 

[John Elden Ring]

The future of Palworld might be in jeopardy after all. After so long without any repercussions, we believed the monster wrangling game safe, but it seems The Pokémon Company was only biding its time.

The Nintendo president has finally addressed the swirling mass of rumours, confirming that “actions will be taken”.

What these actions entail hasn’t been specified beyond the need to appropriately deal with brands that “infringe our [Nintendo] intellectual property rights”.

 

[flaccidsnake]

imo attacking Palworld for copyright will backfire and establish a precedent that Palworld's level of 'influence' is legally fine to do.

 

[Johnic]

imo attacking Palworld for copyright will backfire and establish a precedent that Palworld's level of 'influence' is legally fine to do.

Not necessarily. Didn't some of their files show them directly ripping off Pokemon?

 

[flaccidsnake]

Not necessarily. Didn't some of their files show them directly ripping off Pokemon?

i didn't see that, i just saw pokemon fan analysis showing similarities in character design.

 

[Johnic]

i didn't see that, i just saw pokemon fan analysis showing similarities in character design.

Huh, could be that.

 

[AshHunter216]

Nintendo's got some good lawyers and a decent amount of influence. You never know.

 

[Zzero]

i didn't see that, i just saw pokemon fan analysis showing similarities in character design.

I think some might be similar enough to violate copyrights and if a judge agrees they could compel PP to release internal documentation of Pal creation, which might show either ripping of Pokemon models or AI learning off of Pokemon models (a legal grey area.) The actual gameplay is different enough to be safe so in the long run the game will be fine. At most they'll have to update some of the character designs (the lion and the soccer rabit rripoffs, specifically.)

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Finally! What took them so long?

I hope they sue them to oblivion, Steam and MS included. All the devs in the street bankrupt and they have to pay 500 millions to Nintendo.

Wait the source doesn't look official. I'm keeping my post because it's funny

 

[Nhomnhom]

Pokemon fans should also sue Game Freak.

 

[Infinity]

Finally! What took them so long?

I hope they sue them to oblivion, Steam and MS included. All the devs in the street bankrupt and they have to pay 500 millions to Nintendo.

Delusional

 

[Infinity]

they have no case. Just like the ftc against MS with ABK.

 

[flaccidsnake]

I think some might be similar enough to violate copyrights and if a judge agrees they could compel PP to release internal documentation of Pal creation, which might show either ripping of Pokemon models or AI learning off of Pokemon models (a legal grey area.) The actual gameplay is different enough to be safe so in the long run the game will be fine. At most they'll have to update some of the character designs (the lion and the soccer rabit rripoffs, specifically.)

it's possible, but i bet Pocket Pair (and maybe MS) already legally vetted it heavily before release. plus there's already enough fluffy digital animal properties (even predating pokemon) that a copyright claim is not straightforward. could be wrong.

if you look at Pocket Pair's Craftopia game, there's a lot of overlap with Pal World's art style:

 

[Gamernyc78]

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[Evilnemesis8]

The article probably article references this answer by Furukawa:

自社の知的財産権を侵害しているものに対しては、適切な対応を取ることになる

Google translates tell me:

We will take appropriate action against those who infringe on our intellectual property rights.

It's a boilerplate answer that tells you nothing, just that Nintendo is in general is always seeking to protect their IP rights in the courts.

 

[Yeona]

they have no case. Just like the ftc against MS with ABK.

But you see, fortunately for Nintendo, they aren't going to court in corporate America against an anarchocapitalist megacorp that has subsisted the past few decades on almost nothing but historically aggressive lobbying.

Also, Japan's Article 18-4 notes that «During the course of the arbitration procedure, an arbitrator shall, without delay, disclose to the parties all the facts that would likely to give rise to doubts as to his/her impartiality or independence».

Which means that the judge couldn't just sit and wait for months and disclose only at the last minute -- after both parties had already spent a good deal of time and resources for the better part of 2 years for discovery -- that they're the mother of a high ranking employee working for one of the parties and thus has a vested interest in ensuring the ongoing prosperity of their corporation, but "is impartial for real just trust".

Just funny factoids!

Anyway. Gonna be honest, I don't expect too much from this. I'm going to predict Pocketpair quietly pushes adjustments to their character designs and that'll resolve the situation. Could be wrong though.