Sega sued BOI for patent infringement in Memento Mori
Sega sued BOI (Bank of Innovation) for patent infringement in Mori souvenir. According to the documentation, Mori souvenir infringed five patents that Sega had filed in its implementation codecurrently no longer exists. [Thanks, Game Watch!]
Sega is pursuing a ban Mori souvenir and is asking for 1 billion JPY in damages. That doesn’t include the overdue fee it wants to add. The lawsuit includes numbers on patents that BOI is said to have infringed. It’s all related to the gacha’s internal coding. For example, 5930111 is a code or formula that allows people to combine rare cards more easily.
Since BOI received the paperwork on October 21, 2024, it may be a while before we see any updates on this situation. Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair for patent infringement due to the similarities between Pokemon And Palworld. News of that lawsuit broke out in mid-September 2024 and there are no public updates even as we near the end of October 2024.
MULTIPLE plan to fight against these accusations, as they do not believe it violates any intellectual rights from Sega. It acknowledged that this would cause significant anxiety for players and those involved with the game. It also stated that it plans to continue Mori souvenirservices regardless of the outcome of the case.
Mori souvenir is an AFK (an idle game) role-playing game about witches who are discriminated against by society, and are the world’s only hope before disaster. Being an idle game, there is very minimal gameplay. The biggest attractions seem to be the visuals and music.
Mori souvenir To be available on Android, iOS and Windows PC.