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Pokémon Company Sues Six Chinese Companies, Wants Them To Apologize For Making Millions Off Similar Game – NewsExplorer

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Ditto transformed as Pikachu. The Pokémon Company has filed a lawsuit against six Chinese companies over a mobile game for “copyright infringement and unfair competition behavior.” It is claiming over $72 million in damages and demanding public apologies on major social media platforms, gaming websites, and app stores. The proposed apology tour will include Sina.com, Tencent.com and NetEase.com, as well as on major mobile app stores. Originally reported by The South China Morning Post, Pocket Monster Reissue is a mobile game where you collect not-Pokémon and battle them in a turn-based system that features artwork with “similarities” to popular characters…

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