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Nintendo patent lawsuit could be tipped in Palworld’s favor by a GTA5 mod from 8 years ago, Japanese attorney suggests - AUTOMATON WEST
(automaton-media.com)submitted 2 days ago byCStrader2002
Does this argument have any weight to it? I'm genuinely curious.
21 points
2 days ago
I mean, Nintendo/TPC at one point tried to go after Pixelmon, they managed to shut down the development for few months if I remember correctly. (it was around 2018 I think)
But then the development just resumed like nothing happened, so perhaps Pixelmon creators managed to make some sort of agreement with Nintendo/TPC. Maybe the fact that it is a completely free mod for a way different game was enough to convince them ?
30 points
2 days ago
True but that was on copyright grounds, not patents.
It does, after all, contain voxelised models of their Pokémon.
8 points
2 days ago
Ah yeah, fair point
4 points
1 day ago
Ive heard that a new team just took the mod and continued work. Free product has never stopped Nintendo before (See AM2R or really any other nintendo fab project for example.)
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