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Pokemon sues Chinese game devs for $72m over knockoff mobile

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The Pokemon Company is taking legal action against Chinese game developers, accusing them of ripping off their intellectual property by blatantly stealing footage and marketing it as their own. Video game piracy is rampant in China. The lawsuit claims Chinese Game Developers took visual assets from The Pokemon Company, marketing their mobile game using content originally from Pokemon. Their app icon was the Pokemon Yellow box art, and its in-game graphics literally used Ash Ketchum alongside other iconic Pokemon starters. An image showcasing exactly this can be found on the South China Morning Post, where the story was originally reported….

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