If the games industry faces more lawsuits like Nintendo v. Pocketpair, its attitude toward rivals' patent applications could become more similar to that of pharma companies. They oppose potentially harmful patents early (before or right after grant).
Japan Patent Office rejects
@Nintendo application relevant to
@Palworld_EN dispute, cites games like ARK as prior art after third-party submission
Is Pocketpair behind that submission? The timing and the content of the submission suggest so.
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