Nintendo Says Mods Don't Count as 'Prior Art' as They're Not Full Games, Attempting to Sway Judge in Palworld Lawsuit

Writing in Games Fray, which first reported the development, games industry reporter and legal analyst Florian Mueller ...
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Nintendo Responds to Palworld's 'Prior Art' Patent Defense

Nintendo challenges parts of Pocketpair's defense in the Palworld patent lawsuit, a move that could weaken the defendant's ...
GamesIndustry.biz

Nintendo argues mods should not count as "prior art" in Pocketpair patent lawsuit

According to Games Fray, which sent a "neutral person" to inspect the Nintendo v. Pocketpair case file, Nintendo does not want mods to be recognised as prior art in the lawsuit, which the publication ...
GameSpot

Nintendo Argues Game Mods Aren't "Prior Art" In Palworld Lawsuit

Nintendo claims that mods need games to work and, therefore, are not art in and of themselves. Nintendo's legal battle against Palworld developer Pocketpair has intensified, as the Japanese ...

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 prec…

Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair is still ongoing and unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, but a new ...
IPWatchdog

Lynk Labs’ SCOTUS Petition Challenges CAFC’s Bifurcated Approach to U.S. Patent Applications as IPR Prior Art

Last week, a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Lynk Labs was docketed at the U.S. Supreme Court challenging rulings at ...

Nintendo tells Japanese court that mods don’t count as “prior art” — is the modding community at risk?

Nintendo tells Tokyo court mods don’t count as prior art, putting the future of fan-created game content at risk.
IPWatchdog

Appealing Designs: Federal Circuit Goes Back to School on Design Patents

Recent cases involving design patents on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit highlight significant ...
The National Law Review

PTAB’s Consideration of Prior Art Needs a Tune Up: Shinn Fu Case

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JD Supra

The Dangers of Secret Prior Art

It is well-established that the availability of a prior art reference is dependent on the “effective filing date” of a patent or patent application. Any practitioner seeking to invalidate a patent ...
JD Supra

Federal Circuit Holds Applicant Admitted Prior Art Cannot Form “Part of the Basis” of an IPR Ground, Reversing a PTAB Win for Apple

The Federal Circuit recently reversed a PTAB determination on remand that a patent was obvious over applicant admitted prior art (“AAPA”) in combination with prior art patents, holding that expressly ...