But what separates copyright infringement from a flagrant, but perfectly legal rip-off?
He’s a specialist in media law with over 22 years of experience.
Cotton began by offering a few quick definitions.
Do any of these prohibitions apply to Palworld?
“I don’t think there’s any confusion,” he said.
Cotton pointed to smaller differences between monster designs that might undermine a claim of copyright infringement.
He drew parallels with his work on merchandising operations for Reedpop events.
Cotton doesn’t believe so.
“I think Japanese copyright law is very similar,” he said.
“Anybody can sue anyone for any reason,” Richard Hoeg of Hoeg Lawtweeted over the weekend.
“So I can’t tell you what Nintendo will or won’t do about Palworld.
“Or at the very least, tracing them meticulously first”.
“I’ve seen 30 artists attempt to make the same horse using the exact schematics.
None were as close to each other as these Palworld models are to the Pokemon models.
The silhouettes and proportions here are near-perfect matches.”
The industry would’ve come to an end years ago if you weren’t allowed to take influence.
you’ve got the option to’t have a monopoly on a certain style of artwork.
It literally has to be copying.
From what those videos show, it could be extremely compelling evidence of copying.”
Cotton suggested, however, that this could get Pocketpair into hot water on another front.
“Actually, that could potentially be a ground for them to sue them,” he said.
That could be an avenue for Nintendo to go down to sue them."
