Pokémon Go Settlement Submitted Again for Judge’s Approval

Pokémon Go plaintiffs and app maker Niantic Inc. again asked a federal court April 25 to approve a nationwide class settlement of trespass suits.

Their first settlement attempt was rebuffed when the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said it didn’t provide a robust enough process to resolve some claims about private properties being used in the game.

Pokémon Go uses GPS and a smart phone camera. Players find, catch, train, and battle creatures called Pokémon, aka “pocket monsters,” that appear through augmented reality on device screens as if they are present in the real world. The ...