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Nintendo and the Limits and Risks of 
Videogame Patentability

The gaming world has been watching as Nintendo and The Pokémon Company wage a controversial legal battle against Palworld developer, Pocketpair. What started as a joke about Pocketpair’s game featuring “Pokémon with guns” has escalated into a serious discussion about the future of game development—and a recent decisioBy the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the

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Ben Yamada February 3, 2026
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Main Street or Mass Production: A Cautionary Tale of the Click

Some time ago, my mother-in-law, Susan, found herself scrolling the online everything store in search of home décor. She landed on a set of wooden triangles painted to resemble snow-capped mountains. “Eighty bucks,” she said flatly. “It’s a few hunks of wood and some paint.” She promptly commissioned her woodworking son-in-law to replicate the product—at

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Michael Whalen January 3, 2026
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