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Nintendo has been known for its aggressive legal tactics. Its ongoing lawsuit against PocketPair, the developers of Palworld, exemplifies this approach. The company filed suit almost a year ago, and since then, it has changed patents to better support its arguments, acquired new patents, and now argues that game mods do not count as “prior art.”
According to Gamesfray, which has closely followed the case for months, PocketPair attempted to use game mods as part of their defense. However, Nintendo反驳了这一论点，声称游戏模组只能与特定的游戏一起运行，并不能独立运作。因此，它们不应被视为“现有技术”。Nintendo希望法官相信，这些模组无法构成“现有技术”，从而使其在专利申请方面免于受到其他人的挑战。
如果Nintendo在这方面的主张获得成功，其后果可能非常严重。这可能会导致Nintendo对那些仅仅制作有趣模组的人采取更多法律行动，这些人投入了大量时间和精力来创建原创模组供他人享受。这种影响不仅限于个人层面，在整个游戏行业中都会产生重大影响。
然而，目前我们尚未得知审理此案的法官对此前呈堂证供的看法，Gamesfray预测今年内我们不会收到任何重要更新。
无论如何，这场诉讼的结果将对游戏行业产生巨大影响。
