Just weeks after Japan rejected Nintendo's initial efforts to patent a variety of Pokémon-style monster capture and throwing mechanics - a patent that might prove critical in the company's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld - the US has taken the "rare" step of re-examining a previously granted Pokémon patent, believing it could be invalid.
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Hello and a happy new week to you all! If you don't know the drill already, this is the Weekly Digest, in which we recap the highlights you might have missed over the last seven busy days on Eurogamer - now shifted to Monday morning to give you something to peruse while your brain slowly cranks back into working gear after the weekend. This time around, Chris wonders if there's any danger
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