An Australian company was planning to launch a nft game in Pokemon, but the proposal really went down the drain. The Pokémon International Company open process against Pokémon Pty Ltd, the company that created and released a title called PokéWorld, which will be based on Metaverse.
According to process documents filed with the Australian Federal Court, the goal was to launch PokéWorld in January 2023 (via Vooks). A studio called “Kotiota Studios” has been identified as responsible for developing the mobile title.
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In the first hearing in the dispute, Pokémon Pty Ltd. He even mentioned that he worked on Scarlet and Violet, as well as Pokémon Home and Pokémon Sleep. However, The Pokémon Company has refuted this, submitting legal documents proving that the company is not its contractor.
The minutes also contain more information about Pokémon Pty Ltd’s plans. for NFT game. At the hearing, the prosecution noted that PokeWorld falsely advertised that it corresponded to a “new game” brought by The Pokémon Company International and Kotiota.
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“I understand that Kotiota Studios is an entity associated with the Defendants in their business ventures, which are the subject of this lawsuit,” the indictment continues. On this site, there is a section titled “ROADMAP 2022-2023” which appears to set out a release schedule for PokeWorld and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) related to Pokémon characters.
With the lawsuit, The Pokémon Company International asked the Australian court to ban Pokémon Pty Ltd from using its trademarks and to cancel the launch of PokeWorld and the sale of NFT using intellectual property (IP).
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“The Pokémon Company International, The Pokémon Company, and Nintendo made the deliberate decision not to release any Pokémon NFTs,” an attorney for the Pokémon Company representative also confirmed.
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The Pokémon Company is also currently suing a generic version of Pokémon for mobile phones, called Pocket Monster Reissue, $72 million. According to the company, the game uses the popularity of Pokémon and reuses images and character arts.
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