The Pokémon Company is filing a lawsuit against a company called the Pokémon Pty Ltd. The company has filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Australia. The company is suing the company over an NFT based game that is using its trademark.
The NFT based title is based on the massively popular fictional world of the same name. The Australian based firm is facing the legal dispute since it is completely unrelated to the actual Pokémon Company. For those unaware, Kotiota Studios has advertised that it is gearing up to launch an NFT game that is called the PokéWorld, which features the iconic Pocket Monsters from the Japanese animated series that is worth billions.
Pokémon Pty Ltd has previously claimed that it has worked with the Pokémon Company in the past on certain titles like the Pokémon Scarlet, Pokémon Violet, Pokémon Home, and the unreleased Pokémon Sleep as well. The PokéWorld website is still online, but the original company is asking the court to intervene and prevent the Australian company from infringing on its trademarks that can be found on its websites and social media. In other words, basically blocking the game before its launch.
As per a new report, the company first realized the fraud when Kotiota Studios reached out to several media websites to boost the reach of the yet to be released title. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month and the first hearing was held on December 21. Here, the legal counsel of the original company showed up while there was no one from the Kotiota Studios. Thus, the Pokémon Company is planning on taking additional legal actions.
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