In a win that everyone could see coming, Pokemon won a lawsuit against a set of Chinese gaming companies that straight up maybe a Pokemon mobile game but called it “Pocket Monster Reissue”. It goes to show, stealing IP and then slapping a different name on it doesn’t create Fair Use. It does get you an estimated $42 million a year revenue and only a $15 million lawsuit loss … so in this case crime does kind of pay.
PS Featured generative AI image (Pokemon No!) brought to you by “this is clearly Pikachu” and “How is this not trained on unauthorized IP?”
