• @Kelly
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    3221 hours ago

    The clapback:

    We have received notice of this lawsuit and will begin the appropriate legal proceedings and investigations into the claims of patent infringement.

    At this moment, we are unaware of the specific patents we are accused of infringing upon, and we have not been notified of such details.

    https://www.pocketpair.jp/news/news16

  • peopleproblems
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    2521 hours ago

    Patent rights? You gotta be kidding me. The hell did they patent? Throwing a ball?

    • @nonprofitparrot
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      Almost literally. They patented:

      • catching characters in thrown balls

      • calling on characters by throwing a ball

      • using captured characters to fight and harvest resources

    • @[email protected]
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      918 hours ago

      Apparently, in their LONG list of patents, is one for the in-game Pokemon Storage Box. Just speculation, of course, but that could be one the Pokemon Company cites.

      • @NOT_RICK
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        817 hours ago

        An inventory system, WAOW

  • @Mango
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    321 hours ago

    Why doesn’t it say much?

    • thermal_shock
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      313 hours ago

      probably doesn’t have much weight, using it as scare tactic

  • Destide
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    -824 hours ago

    Should be thrown out, they had more than enough time to react, it wasn’t an unknown project but waited until the hype died down, and the money was generated.

    • dinckel
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      921 hours ago

      This statement is so stupid, that i’m actually impressed it was written down to begin with