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The USPTO has rejected Nintendo’s controversial ‘summon character and let it fight’ Pokémon patent, after it was heavily criticized by IP lawyers last year.
In November, the director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ordered a reexamination of the patent after IP lawyers had criticized the U.S. patent system and the USPTO for awarding it.
At the time, IP expert Florian Mueller took to social media to say Nintendo “should never” have received a “summon character and let it fight” patent in the first place, while video game patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon told PC Gamer “these claims were in no way allowable.”
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are currently embroiled in ongoing litigation with Pocketpair’s Palworld in Japan, and patents are at the heart of the lawsuit. This particular patent sums up how Pokémon games work in that you summon Pokémon to battle other Pokémon in the hope of adding them to your collection. But, as was pointed out last year, there are countless other games that use similar mechanics, such as Persona, Digimon, and even Elden Ring, depending upon how the patent is interpreted.
Games fray reported that the USPTO rejected all claims of the patent
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