The Pokémon Company cites three Japanese patents, No. 7545191, No. 7493117, and No. 7528390. From the translation of the claims, they appear to describe Pokémon-style activities, with ‘191 focused on the act of throwing a ball at characters in a field,

THE silence has finally been broken on the Nintendo vs Palworld lawsuit, and it’s Palworld developer Pocketpair that has given the first statement. Nintendo first announced that it, along with The

Palworld creators Pocktpair have released new information on the lawsuit Nintendo brought against the monster-taming game in September. Now remember, this lawsuit has been filed in Japan, so I'll refrain on much speculation here not being as familiar with Japanese law as I am with U.