An article by The Verge spreads falsehoods about Nintendo's new summoning patent due to insufficient research. Here's a follow-up that also brings up a 1978 console game.| games fray
On Steam., gamers considered Horizon Zero Dawn to bear a strong resemblance to Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Tencent argues in its motion to dismiss Sony's U.S. case.| games fray
Nintendo's position on mods effectively means that modders would be unprotected against someone looking at their works and taking out patents.| games fray
Based on a preview, HoYoverse's upcoming game Nexus Anima implements a technique Nintendo patented and is asserting against Pocketpair's Palworld.| games fray
It is not a sign of strength when a company suing over patents makes rather unusual changes to a patent in the middle of litigation.| games fray
Context: On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced an agreement to acquire Activision Blizzard, also referred to as Activision Blizzard King (ABK; King being the Candy Crush maker). The regulators in many jurisdictions cleared the deal either on the fast track or after an in-depth investigation. In the special case of the UK Competition & Markets...| games fray
Context: While patent disputes between game makers such as Nintendo’s litigation against Pocketpair over Palworld (May 11, 2025 games fray article) are few and far between, the $200B video game industry is a frequent target of patent assertions by smaller patent holders, often (but not always) non-practicing entities (NPEs). What’s new: We have discovered a...| games fray
In order to give Nintendo no chance to sue over a forthcoming U.S: patent, Pocketpair removed a feature from Palworld that it had already demoed in 2021.| games fray
Nintendo's patent assertions against Palworld have led to further changes to gameplay in an effort by Pocketpair to eliminate any litigation risks.| games fray
Last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company received a U.S. patent on summoning a character and letting it fight another| gamesfray.com
Context: Nintendo continues to obtain new or modified patents to use against Pocketpair’s Palworld game, and to deter others in the industry from competing. Nintendo amended one of its Japanese patents-in-suit from the Palworld lawsuit (July 16, 2025 games fray article) in such a way that even HoYoverse’s upcoming Honkai: Nexus Anima game could be accused of infringing (August 29, 2025 games fray article); possibly Bandai Namco’s new Digimon, too (at 1:09 in this trailer). Pocketpair ev...| games fray