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Nintendo's Pokemon battling claim is too "obvious" to stand, US patent office says as it revokes the application, but the door's open for the publisher to fight back

Old patents from Nintendo are working against the company here

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Nintendo Scores Another Legal Victory in Prolonged Wii-Era Case

There are a few publishers as defensive as Nintendo when it comes to their intellectual properties. The Japanese gaming giant is always ready to fight a case in court, as seen in the lawsuit against a streamer back in November. Today, Nintendo won a 15-year legal battle related to the…

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Nintendo's patent fight against Palworld over Pokemon mechanics "further" undermined, IP expert says, as US Patent and Trademark lead calls controversial summoning patent into question

The summoning patent was brought into the spotlight in September

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Japanese patent office casts doubt on 2 Nintendo Pokemon-catching patents in the Palworld lawsuit, saying Monster Hunter, Ark, and Pocketpair's own Craftopia all did it before

The prior art is stacking up

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"This Nintendo patent was apparently granted without a patent examiner looking at a single game": IP expert says concerns "hundreds of games" could be affected by Pokemon summoning patent granted amid Palworld lawsuit are "valid"

The patent is, in fact, bad news, expert argues

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Palworld dev says a Dark Souls 3 mod invalidates Nintendo's Pokeball patent, Nintendo says mods don't count as real games, and an expert worries prior art precedents could see a modder's work "used against them"

"Modders would become 'fair game' as their ideas could be patented by someone else"

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“The Patent Office made a huge mistake” — how Nintendo’s problematic 'summoning patent' passed without scrutiny

Nintendo’s broad “summoning” patent slipped through the USPTO, a move which experts call a huge mistake.

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Nintendo has more than Palworld to deal with – IP expert says Genshin Impact dev's new Pokemon-style game "clearly infringes" on a hard-to-avoid patent Pocketpair is accused of infringing

Honkai: PokePal Wars

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As Palworld update soars, IP expert says "weird" new moves from Nintendo in ongoing lawsuit read like a "desperate attempt to win by doing something odd"

"It is almost a Hail Mary," writes Florian Mueller

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Samsung's lawsuit against Oura failed. What happens next could reshape the smart ring market

A federal judge ruled that Samsung can't prove Oura will sue them, clearing the way for Oura to do just that (barring an appeal).

Android Central

This huge US router brand could be banned from operating in most of Europe due to patent litigation

Things aren't looking good right now for Netgear because of a patent litigation.

TechRadar

"Nintendo is not asserting patents on genuine technological inventions but trying to monopolize game rules" The patents for the Palworld lawsuit have finally been revealed — filed after the game launch

Pocketpair have announced the patents Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld is claiming infringement. The 3 patents are related specifically to gameplay mechanics and were filed after Palworld’s launch.

Windows Central

Apple Watch Blood Oxygen feature isn't returning anytime soon as company fails in creative court bid to get ban lifted

An Apple Watch court ruling has failed to give Apple the means it needed to try and overturn the Apple Watch Blood Oxygen ban in the US.

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How Europe’s tech-shy Fortune 500 is embracing AI

The Fortune 500 Europe has a feeble share of tech companies. But its industrial giants are increasingly turning to generative AI.

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“This could be just the first pounding of Nintendo’s giant global IP protection hammer” — industry experts weigh in on why we should be concerned over Palworld lawsuit

We take a closer look at Nintendo's upcoming battle with Pocketpair, creators of Palworld, and the implications of Nintendo's patent infringement claims on the wider gaming industry.

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IP expert says Nintendo probably doesn't own patents strong enough to "prevent Pocketpair from making Palworld," and this "may boil down to nothing but bullying"

The House of Mario can be a scary place

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IP expert says Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit is "more likely" to take 5 years than to finish in 1, but Pocketpair can "easily" afford the legal battle

"This is not a simple 'pay me a million' patent suit"

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EU says Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the EU market is anti-competitive in frankly hilarious turn of events

The EU says Apple's decision to withhold Apple Intelligence from the EU because of anti-competition concerns is... anti-competitive.

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EU demands answers over Apple's latest Epic Games twist — Bloc seeks explanation after Cupertino terminates Fortnite maker's developer account

The EU is seeking answers after Apple terminated Epic Games' App Store developer account.

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Breaking: Apple may remove blood oxygen feature from Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 in face of ban — ITC approves workaround without pulse oximetry

A new report says Apple will remove the blood oxygen feature from its Apple Watch to get around an import ban on the Series 9 and Ultra 2.

iMore

Apple Watch ban saga takes another turn as ITC hits back — one legal expert claims Masimo "clearly abusing patents"

The ITC has filed its objection to Apple's request to stay the Apple Watch ban, but one patent expert says Apple is in the right.

Windows Central

A CMA director, who blocked Microsoft's Xbox-Activision merger, previously worked for a Sony law firm (Update)

The UK CMA recently blocked the Microsoft merger for Activision Blizzard, which would have made Xbox more competitive in a PlayStation-dominated market. The same CMA has a senior director who previously worked for a law firm representing Sony, one of only two complainants of the deal thus far.

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This Chinese gaming company is about to get infused with Microsoft Azure OpenAI

Microsoft and CMGE have signed a framework agreement for the Chinese gaming company to use Azure OpenAI to improve games.

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The "Gamers Lawsuit" against Microsoft has been dismissed

The complaint reportedly does "not plausibly" allege anticompetitive effects

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