{"id":63264,"date":"2022-09-01T23:29:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-pokemon-company-is-suing-chinese-developers-for-intellectual-property-theft\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T23:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:29:55","slug":"the-pokemon-company-is-suing-chinese-developers-for-intellectual-property-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-pokemon-company-is-suing-chinese-developers-for-intellectual-property-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pok\u00e9mon Company is Suing Chinese Developers For Intellectual Property Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Company is moving to sue the developers of Pocket Monster Reissue, a mobile game available in China that the Pok\u00e9mon Company is accusing of plagiarism and copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by the South China Morning Post, the Pok\u00e9mon Company is seeking $72.5 million in damages from six companies involved in the development of Pocket Monster Reissue through the Shenzhen Intermediate People&#8217;s Court. <\/p>\n<p>The company is also demanding that the companies stop developing and distributing the games, and asking the companies to issue apologies across Chinese social media platforms. <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"widget-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 slideshow-preview\">\n<p>New Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-862123036 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-862123036 hero-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-container aspect-ratio-16-9\">\n<div class=\"jsx-3600606818 aspect-ratio-child\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p>The app has been in operation without permission from the Pok\u00e9mon Company since 2015. One of its developers, Zhongnan Heavy Industries, reported a 24.5% revenue increase in 2021, and one year after its release, Pocket Monster Reissue had already earned its developers $43 million . <\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"object-feedback\"\/>\n<p>As pointed out by Polygon, the app uses seemingly unchanged assets and characters like Pikachu and Ash Ketchum from the Pok\u00e9mon series in its promotional materials.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"article-video-container\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the only time the Pok\u00e9mon Company has sued over intellectual property theft.  In 2020, the company sued an influencer for Pok\u00e9mon themed merchandise and branding, and in 2019, it moved to sue the people behind Sword and Shield leaks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN who loves all things indie and Nintendo.  Outside of IGN, she they&#8217;ve contributed to sites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun.  Find them on Twitter: <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ameliazollner\" target=\"_blank\">@ameliazollner<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon Company is moving to sue the developers of Pocket Monster Reissue, a mobile game available in China that the Pok\u00e9mon Company is accusing of plagiarism and copyright infringement. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, the Pok\u00e9mon Company is seeking $72.5 million in damages from six companies involved in the development &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-pokemon-company-is-suing-chinese-developers-for-intellectual-property-theft\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Pok\u00e9mon Company is Suing Chinese Developers For Intellectual Property Theft<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63147,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-pokemon-company-sues-chinese-mobile-game-over-copyright-issues\/","url_meta":{"origin":63264,"position":0},"title":"The Pok\u00e9mon Company sues Chinese mobile game over copyright issues","date":"September 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pok\u00e9mon Company \u2014 the Japanese studio behind Nintendo's Pok\u00e9mon games \u2014 is seeking $72.5 million in damages with a copyright infringement lawsuit against multiple Chinese companies, according to the South China Morning Post. 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