Nintendo's Palworld lawsuit looks to hinge on Pokéball patent

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s shock move to launch legal action against Palworld looks to hinge on a patent relating to how players throw Pokéballs.

Now, fingers are being pointed at a recent Pokéball-throwing patent jointly filed this summer by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company.

The patent in question describes how a character catches a Pokémon by aiming and throwing a capture item, like a Pokéball, at a creature.