It's actually happening: Palworld developer Pocketpair is being sued by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company

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It's actually happening. Palworld developer Pocketpair release has had a lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, with the pair of companies alleging that the game "infringes multiple patent rights". If you're out of the loop, back when Palworld had its initial surge in popularity earlier this year, it attracted allegations of ripping off Pokémon, mostly in relation to its character designs/models. Things even got as far as The Pokémon Company issuing a statement on the matter. Now, as of September 18, Nintendo and TPC have filed to take legal action against Pocketpair in the Tokyo District Court, as announced via a release on Nintendo's corporate website. "This lawsuit seeks an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released by the Defendant, infringes multiple patent rights," the release reads. "Nintendo will continue to take necessary actions against any infringement of its intellectual property rights including the Nintendo brand itself," it continues, "to protect the intellectual properties it has worked hard to establish over the years." VG247 has reached out to Pocketpair for comment. As mentioned earlier, The Pokémon Company stated back in January that it would "investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights related to the Pokemon". As of June, Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe said the company had yet to recieve any behind-the-scenes follow-ups or communications related to that statement. This latest development comes not long after a Tokyo Game Show listing seemigly hinted that a previously-teased PS5 port of Palworld could be on the way or in line to be officially announced soon, so that's potentially something that might potentially have played into the suit's timing.