Niantic Inc., maker of the popular Pokémon Go mobile game, was accused of patent infringement by a Canadian augmented reality company.
ImagineAR CEO Alen Silverrstieen said Thursday that his company sued Niantic for the alleged infringement after having “invested years of research and substantial resources in developing our platform technology.”
The lawsuit—filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware—asserts that Niantic infringed seven patents including US Patent Nos. 8,777,746; 8,668,592; and 8,579,710. The complaint says Niantic infringes the ‘746 patent through a catching feature that’s used by Pokémon Go players to catch ...
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