According to IGN, a prominent claim was made in the proceedings against Pocketpair for the violation of the Pharaoh under the banner of Nintendo. Nintendo means that player home-made modelling groups should not be recognized as existing technologies. This appears to be an attempt to prevent Pocketpair from using the popular Pocko Dream Models as evidence that this series of patent practices already exists in other games.
The central argument of Nintendo is that the teams need to operate on the basis of the game and therefore do not in themselves constitute independent works. This view has generated a vibration in the game industry and in the fans of the Boca Dream, and many believe that it would have far-reaching implications if the judges had adopted their claims. According to the Cames Fray columnist and legal analyst Florian Müller, the idea of Nintendo “has completely ignored the great creativity of model producers”. It is even more worrying that, if the idea is established, model group ideas can become “free lunches” for patent infringers, who can freely incorporate their ideas into the game and instead gain legal protection.
Business lawyers, Richard Hog, director of Virtual Legitimacy, said to IGN: “Purpose is a special monopoly granted by the Government to encourage innovation. If something already exists, then the latter cannot claim to have invented and been protected, what we call what already exists is `existing technology’ and it would be absurd to exclude it simply because of its appearance. The mechanism of visits should not affect substance — it existed, leaving something like it without novelty and protection. We don’t grant a monopoly to imitators.” Mueller considered Nintendo to be less likely to succeed, as the Court usually refused to narrow the existing technical determination, and the Nintendo position was “extreme”. However, the proceedings may not bear fruit in the short term.
Despite the continuation of the proceedings, Pocketpair is busy preparing for the release of the official version of the 2026 Pyramid Paru. Earlier this week, Baki Barkley, Director General of Communications, said that the focus of development would be on the elimination of the game’s “coarse feeling”, although a smaller winter update was planned.