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Anna Koselke

Pokemon Company wins $15 million copyright case against 6 Chinese companies who developed 1 creature-catching RPG that flew too close to the Solrock

Pokemon Sun and Moon anime screenshot showing Pikachu, a small yellow creaure with bright red circles on his cheeks and lengthy pointy ears.

An alleged Pokemon clone has just cost its developers and publishers a whopping $15 million following a copyright infringement lawsuit from The Pokemon Company.

Pokemon, one of the most beloved Nintendo franchises, has unsurprisingly spurred countless clones throughout the years - but not all of them have resulted in a costly lawsuit like Pocket Monster Reissue has. The turn-based mobile game was originally launched in 2015, containing various alleged plagiarized designs from characters like Ash Ketchum to literal Pokemon, such as the ever-iconic little Pikachu himself.

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