Will this game be shutdown by Nintendo???

[Amerikaner]

I mean the likeness to pokemon is almost identical, nintendo can suit for taking its intellectual property , at least. I mean they can show comparison on court and have a strong case. I am not a lawyer but i can see why nintendo has a 80% of winning the case.

Even IGN reported the game a pokemon like game (Pokemon-Like MMO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=955&v=avMbrpIMtqY&feature=emb_logo

[Aleara]

No, Nintendo wouldn't have a leg to stand on here if they decided to sue them. They don't own the "monster-taming" genre, and there are no assets copied or taken from Nintendo games in Temtem. The game will be fine.

[Amerikaner]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

No it won't. It doesn't matter if something looks and feels like another game. It would be a different case if they used Pokemon assets then it could be taken down.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Amerikaner:

I can see why nintendo has a 80% of winning the case.

Nintendo has a 0% change of winning. Not that they would do anything anyways since they know they wouldn't win since it has nothing to do with their IP.

good to know coz ive seen soo many games copying other like SIEGE a chinese konck off RS6 and i dont want to put effort on a game that will shut down later.

[Soren]

Nintendo/Gamefreak only sues fan games and rom hacks in the first place to keep stronger rights to their copyright material. If you don't protect your copyright for example it can set a precedent later that weakens your claim to your own copyright.

If the game contains no images, names, or code from pokemon copyrights, you're in the clear (even if your game is functionally similar to the game mechanics of pokemon). So Temtem is definitely safe.

[VirulillasESP]

If Nintendo have 80% for Temtem, PUBG have 9000% win chance over Fortnite

[Soren]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Virulillas S-117:

If Nintendo have 80% for Temtem, PUBG have 9000% win chance over Fortnite

Except PUBg and Fortnite have about as much in common as Quake to Call of Duty.

Temtem isn't just a game of the same genre. It's a mechanically identical game to pokemon. Which is a closer comparison. It is comparable to Mystery Dungeon versus Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon. Or Ogre Battle 64 versus Yu-gi-Oh: False Bound Kingdom.

[Digihuman]

Clones are a long-known and respected part of the gaming industry, both video and otherwise. Clone games are fine as long as they don't infringe any copyrights, trademarks, or patents. That's why there are any number of Pac-Mab clones, Space Invader clones, and why Bejewelled Clone "Candy Crush" was able to become one of the largest mobile games around.

It doesn't rule out the POSSIBILITY of a lawsuit, but it does mean there isn't a leg to stand on.

What could TemTem do that would make a lawsuit likely?
Using trademarked terms like "Pokemon" or "Bulbasaur" or "TemTem Red Version".

Simply put, game mechanics are generally ineligible for copyright protection (and for good reason, it'd stifle creativity to an absurd degree. Imagine if nobody could make FPS games because it would infringe on Doom).

To quote the US Copyright Office:

"Copyright does not protect the idea for a game, its name or title, or the method or methods for playing it. Nor does copyright protect any idea, system, method, device, or trademark material involved in developing, merchandising, or playing a game. Once a game has been made public, nothing in the copyright law prevents others from developing another game based on similar principles."