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What Do Changes to Palworld Mean for the PocketPair/Nintendo IP Dispute?

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/14/2025

I have been following and writing about the ongoing legal battle between Nintendo / The Pokémon Company and PocketPair over PocketPair’s popular video game Palworld. This past week, PocketPair published a blog post addressing...more

Blockchain Games and Collectibles – Patents and Other Legal Issues

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/20/2019

1. Blockchain Games and Collectibles Are on the Rise – The use of blockchain (or distributed ledger) technology for games (a.k.a blockchain games) and token-based digital collectibles is on the rise. The overnight popularity...more

Recent Blockchain Patents of Note

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/23/2018

As we have previously reported, the number of blockchain patents being filed and granted is continuing to increase. According to a Thomson Reuters report, 225 out of the 406 blockchain patents (55.4%) filed in 2017 came from...more

Legal Issues With Blockchain-Based Crypto Games and Collectibles

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/11/2018

The use of blockchain technology for crypto games and token-based digital collectibles is on the rise. One of the first crypto games of note was CryptoKitties. It may turn out that CryptoKitties becomes to crypto games what...more

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