{"id":51504,"date":"2025-08-29T17:58:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=51504"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:09:22","slug":"hoyoverses-honkai-nexus-anima-infringes-nintendo-mount-patent-from-palworld-lawsuit-ip-consultant-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hoyoverses-honkai-nexus-anima-infringes-nintendo-mount-patent-from-palworld-lawsuit-ip-consultant-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoyoverse\u2019s\u00a0Honkai: Nexus Anima \u201cinfringes\u201d Nintendo mount patent from Palworld lawsuit, IP consultant says\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ever since Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company first announced the patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld maker Pocketpair, people have been worried about the broader implications of the case. According to IP consultant Florian Mueller, who has been covering the lawsuit extensively at Games Fray<\/a>, Hoyoverse\u2019s upcoming open-world creature collecting game Honkai: Nexus Anima<\/strong> appears to fall within the scope of one of the Nintendo patents Palworld is accused of infringing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The patent in question is the recently amended \u201cmounting-of-flying-objects\u201d patent (JP7528390). This patent originally focused on the ability of players to \u201csmoothly switch\u201d between different mountable creatures in-game. Early in litigation, a Japanese patent attorney noted that the \u201cseamless\u201d bit described by Nintendo didn\u2019t apply to Palworld\u2019s Glider Pal mechanics, and thus judged that there was no infringement. Moreover, Pocketpair made swift moves to remove the ability to glide<\/a> on Pals from the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But after Nintendo amended the patent mid-case (using language Mueller describes as \u201cpuzzling\u201d and not seen in other patent claims), it came to broadly cover any scenario in which a player summons and mounts rideable flying creature, which is a arguably a basic mechanic that can be seen in many games, one such example being Honkai: Nexus Anima. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In-game footage from Honkai: Nexus Anima

*The game is under development, and subject to change.
*This Nexus Bond Test is available in 5 languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean. Support for more languages will be added in the future.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/gayxpcVOYV<\/a><\/p>— Honkai: Nexus Anima (@HonkaiNA) August 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>