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Pokémon Rival Settles Lawsuit for $15M

Author : Christian Update:Jan 21,2025

Pokémon公司胜诉,中国山寨游戏赔偿1500万美元!

Pokémon Chinese Clone Loses $15 Million Dollars in Copyright Lawsuit

近日,任天堂旗下Pokémon公司成功捍卫其知识产权,赢得一起针对中国公司侵犯其宝可梦角色版权的诉讼。

Pokémon公司赢得版权侵权诉讼

中国公司被判侵犯宝可梦角色版权

Pokémon Chinese Clone Loses $15 Million Dollars in Copyright Lawsuit

这场持续已久的法律大战中,Pokémon公司最终胜诉,获得1500万美元赔偿。该诉讼于2021年12月提起,指控被告开发的游戏公然抄袭宝可梦角色、生物和核心游戏机制。

这场纠纷始于2015年,当时中国开发者推出手游“口袋妖怪重制版”。这款手机角色扮演游戏与宝可梦系列惊人地相似,角色酷似皮卡丘和小智,游戏玩法也与宝可梦系列标志性的回合制战斗和收集生物如出一辙。虽然Pokémon公司并不拥有“收集怪兽”这一游戏机制的全部权利,并且有很多游戏从中获得灵感,但他们认为“口袋妖怪重制版”已经超越了简单的“借鉴”,而构成公然剽窃。

例如,该游戏的应用图标使用了宝可梦黄版包装盒上相同的皮卡丘图像。游戏的广告中突出展示了小智、水箭龟、皮卡丘和火猪,几乎没有改变颜色。此外,网上流传的游戏画面展示了许多熟悉的角色和宝可梦,例如黑白2中的女性主角Rosa和喷火龙。

Pokémon Chinese Clone Loses $15 Million Dollars in Copyright Lawsuit 来自YouTube用户perezzdb的图片

关于此诉讼的消息最早于2022年9月出现,当时Pokémon公司最初寻求7250万美元的赔偿,以及在中国主要网站和社交媒体平台上公开道歉。该诉讼还要求停止侵权游戏的开发、发行和推广。

经过漫长的庭审,深圳中级人民法院昨日判决Pokémon公司胜诉。虽然最终判决金额低于最初要求的7250万美元,但1500万美元的赔偿金向试图利用既有知名IP牟利的开发者发出了强烈警告。据悉,六家被告公司中有三家已提出上诉。

根据GameBiz的文章翻译,Pokémon公司向粉丝保证,他们“将继续努力保护其知识产权,以便世界各地的许多用户都能安心享受宝可梦内容”。

Pokémon公司前首席法律顾问: “没有人喜欢起诉粉丝”

Pokémon Chinese Clone Loses $15 Million Dollars in Copyright Lawsuit

Pokémon公司过去曾因关闭粉丝项目而受到批评。Pokémon公司前首席法律顾问唐·麦高文在3月份接受Aftermath采访时透露,在他任职期间,该公司并没有积极寻找并关闭粉丝项目。相反,该公司主要是在这些项目越过某条界限时才采取行动。

麦高文说:“你不会立即发出删除通知。你会等待看看他们是否获得资助,例如Kickstarter之类的。如果他们获得资助,那才是你介入的时候。没有人喜欢起诉粉丝。”

Pokémon Chinese Clone Loses $15 Million Dollars in Copyright Lawsuit

麦高文强调,Pokémon公司的法律团队通常是通过媒体报道或个人发现才了解到粉丝项目。他将其比作教授娱乐法,他建议学生们,获得媒体关注可能会无意中将他们的项目带到公司的视线中。

尽管采取了这种总体方法,但Pokémon公司也曾对仅获得少量关注的粉丝项目发出删除通知。这包括涉及粉丝自制创作工具、如《宝可梦铀》之类的游戏,甚至包含粉丝自制宝可梦狩猎FPS的病毒视频。

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