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Palworld maker vows to fight Nintendo lawsuit on behalf of fans and indie developers
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this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2024
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It was wrong for Nintendo to copy someone, but it's not wrong for Pocketpair to copy someone. That's what you are saying?
More like "it's not wrong to take inspiration from something else".
I don't disagree with that, but the line that is drawn between inspiration and imitation is blurred and the courts will probably rule in favor of those with the most money, unfortunately.
I think Nintendo's lawyers must have determined it's inspiration in this case though. Like you said, they're suing for patent infringement and not copyright, so they must think a legal challenge on their creature designs is a lost cause.
That's a good point. They want to hurt them however they can.