[Willish42]

For anybody who's wondering, Nintendo doesn't _actually_ own Pokemon (a common misconception), but has a major stake in "The Pokemon Company", which does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo#Subsidiaries

As such, I wonder if this structure makes it harder to sue over IP infringement. I agree with others here that patent infringement is a seemingly odd pick, but perhaps this also has to do with character design patents, since Palworld didn't explicitly use Nintendo's IP?

Should be interesting regardless to see what happens

[3eb7988a1663]

That is a fun fact! Doubly so, because according to Wikipedia, Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise on the planet, with some estimated $98.8 billion in revenue. Second place is "Micky Mouse & Friends" at a measly $61.4 billion.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media...

[jgtrosh]

(+$45.4B for Disney princess)

[zdw]

If you want a whole video about this, "Who Exactly Controls Pokémon, Anyway?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfSKAvbAUUk

[fracus]

Couldn't Nintendo's lawyers be suing on behalf of the Pokemon stakeholder?